with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. -- Marginal employment ; social …

effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes a …

policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe … sector in Germany. We also conduct our analysis at the individual worker level, and find that trade had a stabilizing overall … ; employment ; China ; Eastern Europe ; Germany …

roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment … wage ; Germany ; capital-labour substitution ; labour-labour substitution ; scale effect …

marginal employment range between -.4 (number of male workers in west Germany) to -1 (working hours for women). We illustrate …’ social security contributions (SSC) on marginal employment in Germany. …

In this paper we study the dynamics of local employment growth in West Germany from 1980 to 2001. Using dynamic panel …

This paper analyses the impact of dynamic MAR- and Jacobs-externalities on local employment growth in Germany between … Combes (2000) on local employment growth in France and find very similar results for Germany. Afterwards we formulate an …