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Monopsonistic competition, low-wage labour markets, and minimum wages : an empirical analysis
Bachmann, Ronald; Frings, Hanna - 2015
This paper investigates the degree of monopsony power of employers in different industries against the background of a statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a dynamic model of monopsonistic competition. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408479
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Labour market polarisation, job tasks and monopsony power
Bachmann, Ronald; Demir, Gökay; Frings, Hanna - 2020
Using a semi-structural approach based on a dynamic monopsony model, we examine to what extent workers performing different job tasks are exposed to different degrees of monopsony power, and whether these differences in monopsony power have changed over the last 30 years. We find that workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405643
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Labour market polarisation, job tasks and monopsony power
Bachmann, Ronald; Demir, Gökay; Frings, Hanna - 2020
Using a semi-structural approach based on a dynamic monopsony model, we examine to what extent workers performing different job tasks are exposed to different degrees of monopsony power, and whether these differences in monopsony power have changed over the last 30 years. We find that workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390417
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Women's fertility and employment decisions under two political systems : comparing East and West Germany before reunification
Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009
Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and employment decisions, we analyse their transitions to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901024
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Husband’s unemployment and wife’s labor supply : the added worker effect across Europe
Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian; Rulff, Christian - 2014
This paper investigates the responsiveness of women’s labor supply to their husband’s loss of employment – the so-called added worker effect. While previous empirical literature on this topic mainly concentrates on a single country, we take an explicit internationally comparative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357832
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The intra-household division of labor : an empirical analysis of spousal Influences on individual time allocation
Bredtmann, Julia - 2010
Männern und Frauen. Während das Arbeitsangebot von Männern unabhängig von der Zeitallokation der Partnerin ist, passen Frauen … ihr Arbeitsangebot an das ihres Partners an. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008933292
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The intensive and extensive margin of European labour supply
Frings, Hanna; Schaffner, Sandra - 2011
Das Arbeitsangebot wird grundsätzlich durch zwei Faktoren bestimmt: Die Partizipation am Arbeitsmarkt (extensives … Arbeitsangebot) und die Anzahl der gearbeiteten Stunden der Beschäftigten (intensives Arbeitsangebot). Auf Basis der … gesamte Arbeitsangebot ist. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf signifikante Unterschiede im Arbeitsangebot zwischen den Ländern hin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581047
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Less alimony after divorce : spouses' behavioral response to the 2008 alimony reform in Germany
Bredtmann, Julia; Vonnahme, Christina - 2017
The 2008 alimony reform in Germany considerably reduced post-marital and caregiver alimony. We analyze how individuals adapted to these changed rulings in terms of labor supply, the intra-household allocation of leisure, and marital stability. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011694836
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Husband's unemployment and wife's labor supply : the added worker effect across Europe
Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian; Rulff, Christian - 2017
This paper investigates the responsiveness of women's labor supply to their husband's job loss – the so-called added worker effect. We contribute to the literature by taking an explicit internationally comparative perspective and analyze the variation of the added worker effect across welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738843
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Less alimony after divorce : spouses' behavioral response to the 2008 alimony reform in Germany
Bredtmann, Julia; Vonnahme, Christina - 2017
, nicht bestätigen. Insbesondere gibt es keine Evidenz dafür, dass Frauen ihr Arbeitsangebot in Folge der Reform und der damit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011745678