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Social custom, free-riders, and trade union membership in Germany and Great Britain
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283773
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Umfang und Kompensation von Überstunden : eine vergleichende Analyse für Westdeutschland und Großbritannien
Wagner, Gert G.; Pannenberg, Markus - 2000
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260756
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The impact of risk attitudes on entrepreneurial survival
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2008
Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk attitudes and the decision to become an entrepreneur,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265015
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Gender differences in entrepreneurial choice and risk aversion: a decomposition based on a microeconometric model
Fossen, Frank M. - 2009
in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271131
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Start-up subsidies for the unemployed: Long-term evidence and effect heterogeneity
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - 2010
(ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271358
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Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose: Chancen und Risiken
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2009
Support schemes for unemployed persons aiming to become self-employed have been recently reformed several times. In 2003, the start-up-subsidy (Existenzgründungszuschuss) was added to the existing bridging-allowance (Überbrückungsgeld) and the two programs to-gether led to a strong increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271566
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Locus of control and job search strategies
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2010
search behavior using a novel panel data set of newly-unemployed individuals in Germany. Consistent with our theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272036
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Risky earnings, taxation and entrepreneurial choice: a microeconometric model for Germany
Fossen, Frank M. - 2007
Which role do individual income prospects play in the decision to be an entrepreneur rather than an employee? In a model of occupational choice, higher expected after-tax earnings attract people to self-employment, while more risky net earnings deter risk-averse individuals. In this paper I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273789
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Social networks, job search methods and reservation wages: Evidence for Germany
Caliendo, Marco; Schmidl, Ricarda; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2010
novel data set of unemployed individuals in Germany containing extensive information on job search behavior and direct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285749
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Long - Term Effects of Unpaid Overtime: Evidence for West Germany
Pannenberg, Markus - 2002
overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year period workers with unpaid overtime experience on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260801