Using a large new dataset, we analyze the labor market performance of Portuguese workers in Germany. While previous … work compares wages and characteristics of migrants only to those of the natives, we match the data also with an equivalent …

is to reduce overtime work in order to allow the employment of more people. This paper suggests that such a concept faces … major problems. Using Germany as a case study, it is shown that the group of workers with the highest risks of becoming … reduction in overtime will lead to less production and hence also to a decline in the level of unskilled employment. The paper …

This paper contributes to the literature considering the wage effects of educational mismatch in Germany. It uses a …

(HPWOs) on wages. This paper makes use of a new employer-employee-linked panel data set for Germany to examine the effects of … adopting HPWOs on wages as well as on the wage structure within firms. The empirical results suggest that, depending on the … particular practice, flexible workplace systems benefit employees through higher wages. HPWOs further increase within firm wage …

We examine the dynamic role of education and experience as determinants of wages. It is hypothesized that an employee … evidence for the employer learning hypothesis for Germany. Differentiating blue-collar and white-collar workers and estimating …

results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany …

determinants of workplace accidents using a firm data set for Germany. Given the tight system of public workplace safety regulation …, the employment of guestworkers has a strong positive effect on the job safety of natives. The estimates imply that a 1 … percent increase in the employment of guestworkers is associated with a 0.4 percent decrease of severe accidents of natives. …

This study tests to what degree the incidence of payroll taxes in Germany is on employment and whether in consequence …. Various simulations indicate that the employment effects of payroll taxes are minimal. …