In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours … of overtime for full-time male workers with overtime in Great Britain is roughly twice those in Germany for all years. We … time. In Germany, we observe a remarkable decrease in the share of workers who work paid overtime and a significant …

. Ignoring these selection effects can lead to biased expectations about the consequences of working part-time on wages … (’selection neglect bias’). Based on representative survey data from Germany, I document substantial misperceptions of the part … differences between full-time and part-time workers also predict large changes in hourly wages when a given worker switches …

into the German tax and benefit system. Our simulation results suggest that introducing in-work Tax Credits in Germany … different from all results found for the UK, where the overall response among men has always been found positive. Our estimation … results call for a high degree of caution as far as importingʺ UK-style Tax Credits to Germany is concerned. In-work support …

Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct ‘institutional regimes’, we estimate the short …-run and long-term effects of childbirth on married women's employment and working hours. Estimation results show that these …

(represented by the real GDP), the economic sentiment indicator, and real interest rate for the five European countries: Germany …

professional forecasters from four major European economies. Our estimates imply that inflation expectations in France, Germany and …

social norms. We develop a theoretical frame-work which nests various social custom models. Using micro data for Germany and …