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Let bygones be bygones? : socialist regimes and personalities in Germany

Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus; Wedow, Michael - 2015

This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the …

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Positional income concers : prevalence and relationship with personality and economic preferences

Friehe, Tim; Mechtel, Mario; Pannenberg, Markus - 2014

This paper presents detailed evidence about who compares to whom in terms of relative income. We rely on representative survey data on the importance of income comparisons vis-a-vis seven reference groups, allowing us to exploit within-subject heterogeneity. We explore the prevalence and...

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Trade union membership and dismissals

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2010

In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …

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Wage determination in the shadow of the law: the case of works councilors in Germany

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2021

The German law on co-determination at the plant level (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) stipulates that works councilors are neither to be financially rewarded nor penalized for their activities. This regulation contrasts with publicized instances of excessive payments. The divergence has sparked a...

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Long-term effects of unpaid overtime : evidence for West Germany

Pannenberg, Markus - 2002

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Overtime work, overtime compensation and the distribution of economic well-being : evidence for West Germany and Great Britain

Pannenberg, Markus; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001

Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … the evolution of the monthly labour earnings distribution and individual economic well-being differently in West Germany … regards to West Germany, we show that the current policy of transforming paid overtime in "working time accountsʺ, which is …

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