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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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overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year period workers with unpaid overtime experience on …
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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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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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Due to the complexity of employment protection legislation (EPL) in Germany, there is notable uncertainty about the …
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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,...
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(ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …
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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...
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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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