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The political economy of public investment when population is aging : a panel cointegration analysis

Jäger, Philipp; Schmidt, Torsten - 2015

aging on public investment. Moreover, the estimation of an error correction model reveals long-run Granger causality running … exclusively from aging to investment. Our results are robust to the inclusion of additional control variables typically considered …

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Monopsonistic competition, low-wage labour markets, and minimum wages : an empirical analysis

Bachmann, Ronald; Frings, Hanna - 2015

This paper investigates the degree of monopsony power of employers in different industries against the background of a statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a dynamic model of monopsonistic competition. The...

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Labour market polarisation, job tasks and monopsony power

Bachmann, Ronald; Demir, Gökay; Frings, Hanna - 2020

Using a semi-structural approach based on a dynamic monopsony model, we examine to what extent workers performing different job tasks are exposed to different degrees of monopsony power, and whether these differences in monopsony power have changed over the last 30 years. We find that workers...

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The intensive and extensive margin of European labour supply

Frings, Hanna; Schaffner, Sandra - 2011

Das Arbeitsangebot wird grundsätzlich durch zwei Faktoren bestimmt: Die Partizipation am Arbeitsmarkt (extensives … Arbeitsangebot) und die Anzahl der gearbeiteten Stunden der Beschäftigten (intensives Arbeitsangebot). Auf Basis der … gesamte Arbeitsangebot ist. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf signifikante Unterschiede im Arbeitsangebot zwischen den Ländern hin …

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Practice and prospects of medium-term economic forecasting

Hofer, Helmut; Schmidt, Torsten; Weyerstrass, Klaus - 2010

Government agencies and other national and international institutions are asked to perform forecasts over the medium term. In particular, the EU Stability and Growth Pact contains the obligation to formulate stability programmes over four years, covering a general economic outlook as well as the...

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Demographic change and the labour share of income

Schmidt, Torsten; Vosen, Simeon - 2010

Despite similar levels of per capita income, education, and technology the development of labour shares in OECD countries has displayed different patterns since 1960. The paper examines the role of demography in this regard. Employing an overlapping generations model we first examine the...

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Long-run trends or short-run fluctuations : what establishes the correlation between oil and food prices?

Krätschell, Karoline; Schmidt, Torsten - 2012

In this paper we use the frequency domain Granger causality test of Breitung/Candelon (2006) to analyse short- and long-run causality between energy prices and prices of food commodities. We find that the oil price Granger causes all the considered food prices. However, when controlling for...

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Oil price effects on land use competition : an empirical analysis

Diermeier, Matthias; Schmidt, Torsten - 2012

The increasing use of food commodities for biofuel production has substantial impact on prices and quantities of these and other food commodities. It is therefore likely that this trend also intensifies the competition for arable land. However, evidence for this hypothesis is generated by...

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High-impact minimum wages and heterogeneous regions

Vom Berge, Philipp; Frings, Hanna; Paloyo, Alfredo R. - 2013

We estimate the effects on wage and employment growth rates of the introduction and subsequent increases of a substantial minimum wage in the main construction industry of Germany. Using a regional dataset constructed from individual employment histories, we exploit the spatial dimension and...

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Forecasting house prices in Germany

Meulen, Philipp an de; Micheli, Martin; Schmidt, Torsten - 2011

In the academic debate there is a broad consensus that house price fluctuations have a substantial impact on financial stability and real economic activity. Therefore, it is important to have timely information on actual and expected house price developments. The aim of this paper is to measure...

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