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Analyzing the labor market activity of immigrant families in Germany

Basilio, Leilanie (contributor); … - 2007

This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein, upon arrival, an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital while the other partner works to finance the family's current consumption. Using data for West...

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WTP vs. WTA : christmas presents and the endowment effect

Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor); … - 2008

Using data on the valuation of Christmas gifts received by students in different fields at a German university, we investigate whether the endowment effect differs between students of economics and other respondents and whether it varies with the market price of the object under consideration....

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Kombilöhne und Mindestlöhne als Instrumente der Beschäftigungspolitik : Erfahrungen und Handlungsoptionen

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 2006

The paper reviews national and international experiences with different combinations of in-work benefits, subsidized employment, statutory minimum wages and implicit minimum wages defined by social assistance provisions. It calls for a cautious approach regarding the introduction of additional...

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Gender differences in smoking behavior

Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor); Göhlmann, Silja (contributor) - 2006

This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in the number of cigarettes daily smoked that...

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Beschäftigung Älterer in Deutschland : der unvollständige Paradigmenwechsel

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 2006

Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than in many other European countries. The paper explains this by institutional factors that affect labor supply, labor demand and matching, i.e. labor market regulation, human...

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Generating legitimacy for labor market and welfare state reforms : the role of policy advice in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Wintermann, Ole (contributor) - 2005

Policy advice can help political actors design and implement institutional reforms through the generation of political and substantial legitimacy. This article clarifies the institutional pre-conditions of effective supply and transfer of policy advice with particular respect to the field of...

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The German labor market : still adjusting badly?

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Kaiser, Lutz C. (contributor) - 2006

In the late nineties, Germany was often seen as a laggard with respect to labor market and welfare state reforms with institutional inertia being reflected in notoriously sluggish employment growth and rising unemployment. Recent years, however, saw a complex sequence of reforms with regard to...

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Contingent convergence : a comparative analysis of activation policies

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); … - 2008

The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...

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From the dual apprenticeship system to a dual labor market? : the German high-skill equilibrium and the service economy

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2009

Different models of protection against labor market risks are associated with diverging models of economic performance. Historically established institutional complementarities between labor market regulation, unemployment protection, and vocational training tend to mirror specific national...

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Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf : wie konsistent sind die Reformen?

Eichhorst, Werner; Thode, Eric - 2009

Erwerbstätigkeit und Familiengründung zu einer echten Entweder-oder-Entscheidung. In Deutschland und vielen anderen OECD-Ländern wurden … Jahre kohärent ausgestaltet waren und die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf verbessert haben. Beim Blick auf Deutschland … dem zum Teil entgegen. Insgesamt befindet sich Deutschland in einer durchaus widersprüchlichen Übergangssituation …

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