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In this paper the hypothesis that partnerships between immigrants and natives are less specialized - in the sense that spouses provide similar working hours per weekday - than those between immigrants is tested. The empirical analysis relies on panel data using a two-limit random effects tobit...
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comparison, more explicit. On the basis of microdata from the Socio Economic Panel (SOEP) for married couples in Germany, we …
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public pension system. We calculate that, in the case of Germany, the fiscal consequences of the 6.4 year increase in age 65 …
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. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences …
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In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study … ambiguous reactions. An empirical analysis for Germany shows that minimum wages would affect total labor supply only weakly. Yet …
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We analyze how well-being is related to working time preferences and hours mismatch. Self-reported measures of life satisfaction are used as an empirical approximation of true wellbeing. Our results indicate that well-being is generally lower among workers with working time mismatch....
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dynamic monopsony framework. Applying duration models to a large administrative employer-employee data set for Germany, we …
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Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...
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Germany. We employ and compare parametric difference-in-difference (DID), matching DID, and mixed approaches. Overall …
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The aggregate Frisch elasticity of labor supply has played a key role in business cycle analysis. This paper develops a statistical aggregation procedure which allows for worker heterogeneity in observables and unobservables and is applicable to an individual labor supply function with...
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