Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …

France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … been on continuous decline in Germany for many years, hardly affected by the Great Recession. This paper analyzes the …

,300 employees. As a response to intensified product market competition, the firm offered a bonus to shop teams for surpassing sales … performance and relies on flexible task allocation among employees. On average, the team bonus increases sales and customer visits … bonus dollar an extra $3.80 of sales, and $2.10 of operational profit. The results show the importance of complementarities …

individual shops. We find that the announcements of the shop being sold to a new owner and being closed down reduce sales by six …

question, we use the reunification of Germany as a natural experiment and study the post-reunification trajectory of …. In comparison to West Germans, they are also less inclined to see others as fair or helpful. Implied trajectories can be …

comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages …

it all", but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …

manufacturing enterprises in Germany, one of the leading actors in the world market for goods. We show that the premium decreases …

This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the …