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Active labor market policy in Germany : is there a successful policy strategy?

Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002

Each year Germany and many other developed economies spend tens of billions of Euros on active measures of employment … offices in Germany. To this end, we analyze ALMP in Germany in a spatially augmented regression framework. Our results suggest …

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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?

Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our …

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The wage performance of immigrant women : full-time jobs, part-time jobs, and the role of selection

Dustmann, Christian; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2000

This paper contrasts labour participation behaviour and wages of native and immigrant women. Since the impact of family structure on labor supply differs between natives and immigrants, we explicitly distinguish between part-time and full-time jobs. The choice of jobs is accounted for by an...

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Business cycles and start-ups across industries : an empirical analysis of German regions

Konon, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018

We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and...

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Money for nothing and your chips for free? : the anatomy of the PC wage differential

Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 1999

In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany … (1997) had for France, that in Germany the coefficient for computer usage at the workplace did not remain stable and …

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The heterogeneity and cyclical sensitivity of unemployment : an exploration of German labor market flows

Schmidt, Christoph M. - 1999

individual-level data for West Germany for the period 1983 to 1994, this paper explores both the demographic heterogeneity of …

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Industry wage differentials revisited : a longitudinal comparison of Germany and USA (1984-1996)

Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 1999

In this paper, the inter-industry wage structure in West Germany and USA is compared using the German Socio …

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A nation-wide laboratory : examining trust and trustworthiness by integrating behavioral experiments into representative surveys

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; Rosenbladt, Bernhard von; … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The excess demand for subsidized child care in Germany

Wrohlich, Katharina (contributor) - 2005

The extension of subsidized child care is currently on top of the political agenda in Germany. In this paper the excess …

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The phantom of the opera : cultural amenities, human capital, and regional economic growth

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2010

We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...

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