Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …

prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life …

treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques previously used in Germany and the United States. In Switzerland …

reduce inequality. We study the local and aggregate effects of collective bargaining in Italy and Germany. The two countries … West more productive than the East in Germany - but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages … based on nationwide contracts that allow for limited local wage adjustments, while Germany has moved toward a more flexible …

preferences, we implement parallel survey experiments in Germany and the United States. In both countries, support for increased …