, a substantial share of annual redistribution might turn out to serve individual insurance in a longer perspective …-National Equivalent File (CNEF) for Australia, Germany, South Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we find that … welfare states like Germany that are assumed to engage in a high level of redistribution actually achieve relatively less …

) severance insurance plans or (ii) severance savings plans is important; savings plans have no "firing cost" effects on employer … layoff decisions. The firing cost implications of insurance plan are sensitive to the types of job separations that qualify a …

demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyze the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to many other European countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. Using …

approach regarding the introduction of additional minimum wages in Germany and more generous in-work benefits combined with an … unchanged level of social assistance. -- in-work benefits ; minimum wages ; subsidized employment ; Germany …

first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading … actor on the world market for manufactured goods. It documents that firms that export to countries inside the euro-zone are … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to …

industries and occupations. -- Import shock ; adjustment ; clothing industry ; Germany …

effectiveness of government policy across the world. However, there is a paucity of historical data making limiting long …