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Job Loss Fears and (Extremist) Party Identification : First Evidence from Panel Data
Geishecker, Ingo - 2012
There is a large body of literature analyzing the relationship between objective economic conditions and voting behavior, but there is very little evidence of how perceived economic insecurity impacts on political preferences. Using seventeen years of household panel data from the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097869
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Works Councils and Workers' Party Preferences in Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe; Le, Thi - 2023
Research on the consequences of works councils has been dominated by economic aspects. Our study provides evidence that works councils have nonfinancial consequences for civic society that go beyond the narrow boundaries of the workplace. Using panel data from a large sample of male workers, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263132
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The Long-Term Direct and External Effects of Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2011
This paper provides causal evidence on long-term consequences of Jewish expulsions in Nazi Germany on the educational … residing in Germany before the Nazi Regime with individual survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Our … identification strategy exploits the plausibly exogenous city-by-cohort variation in the Jewish population in Germany as a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122121
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Learning to Participate in Politics : Evidence from Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2017
Jewish expulsions in Nazi Germany as a quasi-experiment. We find that the expulsion of Jewish professionals had long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955040
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Top Incomes in Germany, 1871-2014
Bartels, Charlotte - 2018
This study provides new evidence on top income shares in Germany from the period of industrialization to the present … of the millennium, income concentration in Germany has been on the rise and is today among the highest in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909983
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Employment Industry and Occupational Continuity in Germany : From the Nazi Regime to the Post-War Economic Miracle
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2014
employment industry and occupational status in Germany from the beginning of World War II to the post-war reconstruction era …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049073
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Management Compensation and the Economic Crisis : Longitudinal Evidence from the German Chemical Sector
Grund, Christian - 2013
Making use of unique balanced panel data for the German chemical sector from the years 2008 to 2011, we explore the extent to which managers' compensation was affected by the economic crisis and the extent to which it increased afterwards. Carrying out longitudinal analyses, we find that, on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080144
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Demand for Redistribution, Support for the Welfare State, and Party Identification in Austria
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
This paper describes subjective wage inequality and the demand for redistribution in Austria using individuals' estimates of occupational wages from the International Social Survey Program. Although these estimates differ widely across individuals, the data clearly show that most individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155545
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In the Eye of the Beholder : Subjective Inequality Measures and the Demand for Redistribution
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
This paper presents a simple conceptual framework intended for describing individuals' subjective evaluations of occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the distinction between individuals' perceptions and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157028
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The Wage Premium of Communist Party Membership : Evidence from China
Wang, Hongjian - 2020
Social status and political connections may confer large economic benefits on an individual. Previous studies focused on China have examined the relationship between Communist Party membership and earnings and found a positive correlation. However, the correlation could be partly or totally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843716