Germany, where subsidized child care is rationed and private child care is only available at considerably higher cost. I use a …

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …

dynamic monopsony framework. Applying duration models to a large administrative employer-employee data set for Germany, we …

in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …

results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany …

In Germany, employers used to pay union members and non-members in a plant the same union wage in order to prevent …

setting due to labor cost and straitjacket effects. As firms in Germany are allowed to choose their wage formation regime, we … test these two hypotheses with representative establishment data for West Germany. We find that establishments with …

Using linked employer-employee panel data for Germany, this paper investigates whether firms implement real wage …