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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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formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis …
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[Contents] 1 Development of sample sizes 2 1.1 Development of the number of successful interviews by cross-section 2 1.2 Longitudinal development of losses due to panel attrition 10 1.3 Entrants by birth or move-ins and their participation behavior 14 2 Losses due to unsuccessful follow-up 15...
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overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year period workers with unpaid overtime experience on …
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This paper analyzes the distribution of technical efficiency within manufacturing industries. Using a representative sample of 35,000 firms in 255 industries of the German cost structure census, technical efficiencies are estimated by applying a deterministic frontier production function with...
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A new approach in German innovation policy organizes contests of proposals for developing innovation networks. Based on an overview of the different programs, we investigate the advantages, problems and limitations of such an approach. We find that this type of policy may have a relatively large...
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jointly analyze wage dynamics and the incidence of profit-sharing in West Germany. Our findings reveal a significantly …
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income taxation on the ratio between reservation and net market wages. Based on micro data for Germany (SOEP) we show that … joint income taxation in Germany which discriminates by marital status, has a strong and highly significant impact on the …
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recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany?s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its … the unemployed into self-employment may prove to be among the most effective, both in Germany and elsewhere. …
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