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Creating low skilled jobs by subsidizing market-contracted household work
Brück, Tilman (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001869597
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Kombilohn oder Workfare? : zur Wirksamkeit zweier arbeitsmarktpolitischer Strategien
Bonin, Holger; Kempe, Wolfram; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
Das heutige System der sozialen Mindestsicherung verhindert in Deutschland die Ausbildung eines Niedriglohnsektors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413590
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Determinants of domestic workers' employment : evidence from Lebanese household survey data
Fakih, Ali; Marrouch, Walid - 2012
on Lebanese households drawn from the National Household Budget Survey (2005) conducted by Central Administration of … Statistics (CAS). Controlling for household, household head, dwelling, and regional characteristics, we find that the probability …, and increases with aggregate household consumption. Furthermore, regional differences are found to be highly significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009613680
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Did the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act reduce the state's unauthorized immigrant population?
Bohn, Sarah; Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - 2011
We test for an effect of Arizona's 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) on the proportion of the state population characterized as foreign-born, as non-citizen, and as non-citizen Hispanic. We use the synthetic control method to select a group of states against which the population trends of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009296320
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Minimum wage non-compliance : the role of co-determination
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2023
We analyse in what way co-determination affects non-compliance with the German minimum wage, which was introduced in 2015. The Works Constitution Act (WCA), the law regulating co-determination at the plant level, provides works councils with indirect means to ensure compliance with the statutory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014431785
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Do changes in regulation affect employment duration in temporary work agencies?
Antoni, Manfred (contributor); Jahn, Elke J. (contributor) - 2006
Over the past three decades Germany has repeatedly deregulated the law on temporary agency work by stepwise increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003474131
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Explaining cross-national variation in workplace employee representation
Forth, John; Bryson, Alex; George, Anitha - 2016
Across Europe, there are many differing opinions on whether workplace employee representation should be encouraged or discouraged. Yet there is very little evidence on the variations in workplace employee representation across Europe or the reasons for this. We use a workplace survey covering 27...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480767
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Reassessing the wage penalty for temps in Germany
Jahn, Elke J. (contributor) - 2008
As a consequence of the rapid growth of temporary agency employment in Germany, the debate on the poor working … employment ; wage differential ; earnings ; Germany ; reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750313
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Wage determination in the shadow of the law: the case of works councilors in Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2021
The German law on co-determination at the plant level (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) stipulates that works councilors are neither to be financially rewarded nor penalized for their activities. This regulation contrasts with publicized instances of excessive payments. The divergence has sparked a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012435622
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'Making Work Pay' : in a rationed labour market
Bargain, Olivier; Caliendo, Marco; Haan, Peter; Orsini, … - 2006
We assess the labour supply effects of two 'making work pay' reforms in Germany. We provide evidence in favour of …-benefit systems ; microsimulation ; household labour supply ; multinomial logit ; involuntary unemployment ; double-hurdle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373746