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German male income volatility 1984 to 2008

Bartels, Charlotte; Bönke, Timm - 2010

. We find evidence that the overall inequality of earnings in Germany has been rising throughout the period due to both …

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Charitable giving in the German welfare state : fiscal incentives and crowding out

Bönke, Timm; Massarrat-Mashhadi, Nima; Sielaff, Christian - 2010

Governmental activities in welfare states influence private charitable giving predominantly in two ways: (1) government spending on the provision of public goods may cause crowding out of private charitable contributions; and (2) tax incentives may boost private charitable giving. For a rich...

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The dynamics of earnings in Germany : evidence from social security records

Bönke, Timm; Giesecke, Matthias; Lüthen, Holger - 2015

This paper uncovers ongoing trends in idiosyncratic earnings volatility across generations by decomposing residual earnings auto-covariances into a permanent and a transitory component. We employ data on complete earnings life cycles for prime age men born 1935 through 1974 that covers earnings...

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Parental background matters : intergenerational mobility and assimilation of Italian immigrants in Germany

Bönke, Timm; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2014

by the Italian Embassy in Germany. In line with previous studies, we confirm substantial inequality of educational …

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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten

Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000

quits are important reasons for wage rigidities for high skilled labour. Compared to findings from the USA, in Germany …

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Existenzgründerpotentiale unter Arbeitsuchenden : empirische Evidenz auf der Basis des Mikrozensus

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1999

In April 1995, 5.3 million people in Germany were on the lookout for a new job opportunity. 177,000 or nearly 3% of … selfemployment in lieu of wage work are investigated separately for East and West Germany. Using the 70 %-ZEW-sample of the … factors like age, sex and education, on the status in the labour market. In 1991 in East Germany the probability of aspiring …

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Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000

The paper investigates determinants of formal and non-formal continuous vocational training and its income effects among German selfemployed and employed workers in 1991/92. Participation in continuous formal training is more frequently observed with employed workers, whereas self-employed are...

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Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2000

Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil basiert auf der ZEW/Creditreform Konjunkturumfrage bei unternehmensnahen...

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Collective wage agreements and the adjustment of workers and hours in German service firms

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2000

There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence …

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The rationale for wage rigidity : survey evidence from German and US firms

Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2002

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