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In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …
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In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours … of overtime for full-time male workers with overtime in Great Britain is roughly twice those in Germany for all years. We … time. In Germany, we observe a remarkable decrease in the share of workers who work paid overtime and a significant …
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search behavior using a novel panel data set of newly-unemployed individuals in Germany. Consistent with our theoretical …
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novel data set of unemployed individuals in Germany containing extensive information on job search behavior and direct …
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In some countries including Germany unemployed workers can increase their income during job search by taking up …
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This study examines the relationship between individual risk aversion and reservation wages using a novel set of direct measures of individual risk attitudes from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We find that risk aversion has a significantly negative impact on the level of reservation...
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We assess the labor supply effects of two quot;making work payquot; reforms in Germany. We provide evidence in favor of …
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