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Schooling and citizenship : evidence from compulsory schooling reforms
Siedler, Thomas (contributor) - 2007
Germany, gradually over time and across federal states. These law changes allow one to investigate the causal impact of years … effect running from schooling to citizenship in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003529161
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Privatization and changes in the wage structure : evidence from firm personnel records
Melly, Blaise (contributor); Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor) - 2008
We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years immediately before and after privatization. Thus, we can analyze the before-after effects of privatization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763070
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The rise and fall of the "Normalarbeitsverhältnis" in Germany
Pierenkemper, Toni - 2009
anachronistic and obsolete. -- Economic history ; standard employment ; Germany …The following paper attempts to trace the construction of the standard employment contract in Germany from the … consolidation of the welfare state, this type of employment was reinforced in Germany in the 20th century and finally developed into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825120
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Der vormoderne Allokationsprozess von Arbeit in Deutschland
Pierenkemper, Toni; Kendzia, Michael J. - 2010
The paper provides a historical overview of the pre-modern allocation of work within the territory of the later Germany … historical roots of the so-called 'standard employment contract' in Germany are investigated. We find that during the pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003968435
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Employer preferences and social policy : business and the development of job security regulations in Germany since World War I
Emmenegger, Patrick; Marx, Paul - 2010
This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from … business weakness in the aftermath of both World Wars. -- Job security regulations ; Germany ; institutional change ; varieties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003986342
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The evils of forced migration : do integration policies alleviate migrants' economic situations?
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Link, Susanne - 2011
forced to leave their homelands and settle within the new borders of West Germany. Subsequently, a law was introduced to …-in-differences ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310062
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Divide et impera : negotiating with a stakeholder
Manzini, Paola - 2002
In many kinds of bilateral negotiations the resolution of the issues at stake has an impact which extends beyond the remits of the parties directly involved (e.g. labour negotiations in sectors of public interest, where a strike would impact on the public at large). Once this is recognised,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405864
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Serving the public interest in several ways : theory and empirics
Dur, Robert A. J.; Lent, Max van - 2017
-sectional data from Germany on self-reported altruism, sector of employment, and donations to charity. In addition, we use panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738885
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Employment and wage effects of privatization : evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
Brown, J. David (contributor); Earle, John S. (contributor);  … - 2008
We use longitudinal methods and universal panel data on 30,000 initially state-owned manufacturing firms in four transition economies to estimate the impacts of privatization on employment and wages. The results in all four countries consistently reject job losses and they never imply large wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755531
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Tournaments and managerial incentives in China's listed firms : new evidence
Kato, Takao (contributor); Long, Cheryl (contributor) - 2008
The promotion tournament as a potentially important incentive mechanism for top management in transition economies has not been examined by the emerging literature on managerial incentives in transition economies. This paper is the first attempt to fill this important gap in the literature. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759900