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worsen the price competitiveness in export markets. As they differ throughout the country, this paper investigates their …
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Das ifo Institut hat im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft ein "Bild der Baubranche" erarbeitet, das sich auf das Bauhaupt- und Ausbaugewerbe sowie stärker auf Strukturkennziffern als auf Niveauangaben bezieht. Durch die Wiedervereinigung und den Zusammenbruch des Ostblocks sowie...
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an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …
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We analyze the bargaining problem of an incumbent firm and a union when the wage contract becomes generally binding. Our main application relates to competition among operators of mail delivery networks. We describe the Deutsche Post case which highlights the raising rivals' costs incentive and...
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policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …
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minimum wage in Germany. We disentangle various factors that explain the variation in previous simulation results. Based on …
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minimum wage in East Germany was set much higher in relation to the wage distribution. There is heterogeneity hidden in the … negative employment effect for East Germany, its magnitude is substantially larger than previously estimated. -- Minimum wage …
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The very first minimum wage in Germany was introduced in 1997 for blue-collar workers in sub-sectors of the …-employee data. Estimation results reveal a sizable positive average impact on wages in East Germany and no effect in West Germany …
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Does the federal minimum wage in Germany introduced in 2015 improve the income situation of low income households and …
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