groups. Given wages, the direct employment effect of a reduction in weekly normal hours is negligible for all three groups … groups. Given wages, the direct employment effect of a reduction in weekly normal hours is negligible for all three groups …In this paper we estimate the employment effects of a reduction in weekly normal hours in West German manufacturing on …

estimation of causal effects shows significant higher average annual employment growth rates of German venture-backed firms. …

development of wages and employment across skill groups, there is considerable disagreement to explain these trends, in particular …

This paper follows up recent work on the relationship between (un)employment and wage effects of social security … in Germany. The main result of the paper is that there is in fact a positive shortrun employment effect of a revenue … rates, but in the longerterm only modest effects remain due to higher wages. …

distribution; and a permanent positive effect on full-time employment. …