regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition among health insurance companies, German federal regulation required … increase. -- health insurance ; health plan switching ; price competition ; price elasticity ; SOEP …

. Drawing on longitudinal data from Germany, we find robust evidence that individuals having an internal LOC are more likely to …

used to be a pricing factor in Germany's private health insurance (PHI) sector, it was never used as a pricing factor in …

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent … of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training … except when the competition is so severe as to threaten liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U …

collective bargaining in Germany, a phenomenon that has been hailed as key to that nation's economic resurgence. Yet little is …

, inequality is highly responsive to the increase in product market competition triggered by domestic regulatory reform. …

financing systems aimed at increasing the competition between universities by making their pubic funds dependent on their … increased competition between universities causes grade inflation. -- grade inflation ; higher education funding ; university … competition …

in industries and regions with low barriers to entry. This is particularly the case in East Germany, where the perceived … threat of low-wage competition from Central and Eastern European Countries is relatively high. In addition, firms paying … is high. -- minimum wage ; product market competition ; service sector …