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Do minimum wages increase job satisfaction? : micro data evidence from the new German minimum wage

Bossler, Mario; Broszeit, Sandra - 2016

In Deutschland wurde am 1. Januar 2015 der gesetzliche Mindestlohn von € 8.50 pro Arbeitsstunde eingeführt. Mit einer …

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Interacting product and labor market regulation and the impact of immigration on native wages

Prantl, Susanne; Spitz-Oener, Alexandra - 2014

Does interacting product and labor market regulation alter the impact of immigration on wages of competing native workers? Focusing on the large, sudden and unanticipated wave of migration from East to West Germany after German reunification and allowing for endogenous immigration, we compare...

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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence - first evidence from Germany

Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020

protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data, we find a significantly negative reform effect on transitions … the reform did not alter the probability of involuntary unemployment after sickness. … Wochen) auswirkt. Für die Identifikation von kausalen Effekten nutzen wir eine Reform des deutschen Kündigungsschutzgesetzes …

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Verheißung oder Bedrohung? : die Arbeitsmarktwirkungen einer vierten industriellen Revolution

Möller, Joachim - 2015

Infolge der anstehenden Veränderungen durch die vierte industrielle Revolution herrscht eine angeregte Diskussion über mögliche Strukturveränderungen in Wirtschafts- und Arbeitswelt. Neben den Chancen, die die Industrie 4.0 mit sich bringt, stehen vor allem potenzielle negative...

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GDP-employment decoupling and the slow-down of productivity growth in Germany

Klinger, Sabine; Weber, Enzo - 2019

This paper investigates the time-varying relationship between German output and employment growth, in particular their decoupling in recent years. We estimate a correlated unobserved components model that allows for persistent and cyclical time variation in the employment-GDP linkage as well as...

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Employers' selection behavior during short-time work

Scholz, Theresa - 2012

During the recession of 2008-09 Germany experienced a huge decrease in GDP. Employment, however, remained surprisingly stable. The so-called German labor market miracle is often ascribed to the intensive usage of short-time work. Despite the resurgence of this instrument, little is known about...

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On GDP-employment decoupling in Germany

Klinger, Sabine; Weber, Enzo - 2014

This paper investigates the time-varying relationship between German output and employment growth, in particular their decoupling in recent years. We estimate a correlated unobserved components model that allows for both persistent and cyclical time variation in the employment impact of GDP as...

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What makes a 'jack-of-all-trades'?

Oberschachtsiek, Dirk - 2009

Das Papier untersucht die 'Jack-of-all-Trades'-Hypothese. Diese unterstellt, dass nicht die Höhe der Produktivität eines Individuums ausschlaggebend ist für eine selbständige Aktivität, sondern deren Bandbreite an Fähigkeiten oder Erfahrung (Lazear 2005). Die Analyse konzentriert sich auf...

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The costs of job displacement over the business cycle and its sources : evidence from Germany

Schmieder, Johannes; Wachter, Till von; Heining, Jörg - 2022

We document the sources behind the costs of job loss over the business cycle using administrative data from Germany. Losses in annual earnings after displacement are large, persistent, and highly cyclical, nearly doubling in size during downturns. A large part of the long-term earnings losses...

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Overeducation : new evidence for 25 European countries

Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Rossen, Anja; … - 2016

This study investigates the incidence of overeducation among workers in the EU and its underlying factors based on the most recent wave of the European Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS 2013). Its main purpose is to shed light on the interplay of so far neglected explanatory factors such as household...

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