local workers in agriculture. We exploit an 8% tax that was assessed on the wages of foreign workers in 2003. If foreign … tax, and their wages should increase, unless their supply is perfectly elastic. On the other hand, if unskilled workers …, foreign or local, are complements to skilled agricultural workers, the demand of the latter should decline, and their wages …

This paper examines the changes in the wages of different types of workers in different industries during a period in … manufacturing, compared to all other industries. We find that the wages of unskilled workers in agriculture decreased compared to … the other industries, while the wages of skilled workers and other occupations increased. This is consistent with the view …

Up to the end of World War II, the political-economic framework had been relatively similar all over Germany. However … area in the West, but about 30 per cent in the East. Following the unconditional surrender of Germany in 1945 and its …Bis zum Ende des 2. Weltkriegs waren die politischen Rahmen in ganz Deutschland einheitlich. Allerdings gab es …

This paper analyses the effects of discretionary fiscal policy by presenting new empiricalevidence for Germany within a …

We investigate to what extent convergence in production levels per worker has beenachieved in Germany since unification …

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining … structure of wages. Ceteris paribus, a higher share of employees in a firm covered by industry-wide or firm-level contracts is … associated with higher wages. Yet, individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm shows a negative impact both on the wage …