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Industry churning and the evolution of cities : evidence for Germany
Findeisen, Sebastian (contributor);  … - 2007
size distribution of West Germany, much better than the simple rank-size rule known as Zipf's law. The main mechanism of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591489
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Immigration and housing booms : evidence from Spain
González, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - 2009
We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879367
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Impact of the 1999 earthquakes on the outcome of the 2002 parliamentary election in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T. (contributor); Tansel, Aysıt (contributor) - 2008
The two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999, not only caused enormous amounts of death, destruction and suffering, but also exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations. The incompetence shown by the government in providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003693704
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Lost in transition? : minimum wage effects on German construction workers
Bachmann, Ronald; König, Marion; Schaffner, Sandra - 2012
well as the underlying labour market flows, at the establishment level. The fact that minimum wages in Germany are sector … accessions and separations rise in East Germany as a result of the minimum wage introduction. The evidence on detailed worker …-to-job transitions in East Germany, which can be explained by a more compressed wage distribution making on-the-job search less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575163
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Das Entsendegesetz : Sündenfall oder Lösung des Arbeitslosigkeitsproblems?
Rotte, Ralph; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
Mit dem Arbeitnehmer-Entsendegesetz (AEntG) vom 29. Februar 1996 hat der deutsche Gesetzgeber eine Mindestlohnregelung eingeführt, die den Arbeitsmarkt in der Baubranche entlasten soll, der sich nach dem ersten Bauboom der deutschen Vereinigung seit wenigen Jahren in einer konjunkturellen und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294531
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High-impact minimum wages and heterogeneous regions
Vom Berge, Philipp; Frings, Hanna - 2017
We estimate the effects of the introduction and subsequent increases of a substantial minimum wage in Germany's main … rate for East Germany but did not have a significant impact on the West German equivalent. The estimated effect on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664363
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Bonus payments, hierarchy levels and tenure : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
Grund, Christian; Kräkel, Matthias - 2010
Using data on executive compensation for the German chemical industry, we investigate the relevance of two theoretical approaches that focus on bonuses as part of a long term wage policy of a firm. The first approach argues that explicit bonuses serve as substitutes for implicit career concerns....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009155574
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Up or out : research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012
Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey among postdocs in Germany, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534097
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Housing satisfaction, homeownership and housing mobility : a panel data analysis for twelve EU countries
Diaz-Serrano, Luis (contributor) - 2006
"We investigate the determinants of housing satisfaction in twelve EU countries. To do so, we use panel data covering the period 1994-2001, which allows us to control for individual heterogeneity. We carry out separate estimates on the determinants of housing satisfaction for homeowners and for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003375230
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Making it home? : evidence on the longrun impact of an intensive support program for the chronically homeless on housing, employment and health
Kühnle, Daniel; Johnson, Guy; Tseng, Yi-ping - 2022
Interventions that combine unconditional permanent housing with support services, known as Housing First approaches, generally improve housing outcomes for people who have experienced chronic homelessness. However, little is known about their long-run outcomes or the consequences of ending such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433219