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Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland
Bonin, Holger; Arnds, Pascal - 2003
Germany faces a demographic aging process which affects the working-age population first. This paper surveys some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262234
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A challenge for the G20: Globally stipulated debt brakes and transnational independent fiscal supervisory councils
Dolls, Mathias; Peichl, Andreas; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
Debt-to-GDP ratios have grown to unprecedented levels in many industrialized economies. This requires disciplined consolidation efforts which are, however, supposed to come now at the wrong time with the economic recovery being fragile. Against this background, we call for a global debt brake...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282446
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Are Nascent Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-All-Trades? A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
Wagner, Joachim - 2003
In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship. Based on a coherent model of the choice between self-employment and paid employment he shows that having a background in a large number of different roles increases the probability of becoming an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261621
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Are Young and Small Firms Hothouses for Nascent Entrepreneurs? Evidence from German Micro Data
Wagner, Joachim - 2004
Using a large recent representative sample of the German population this paper contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by empirically testing the hypothesis that young and small firms are hothouses for nascent entrepreneurs. The empirical estimation takes the rare events nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261762
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Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Bonin, Holger - 2004
Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small establishments. Specifically, using a difference-in-differences approach, we study the effect of changes...
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Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes : Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?
Bonin, Holger - 2004
Die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes ist ein wesentliches Element der im Januar 2004 in Deutschland in Kraft gesetzten …A key feature of the recent labor market reforms in Germany is liberalization of dismissal protection legislation. The …
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What a Difference a Y Makes : Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2004
data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261884
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Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus : First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten - 2004
trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261930
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Determinants of Trade Union Membership in Western Germany: Evidence from Micro Data, 1980-2000
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce …
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Trade Union Membership in Eastern and Western Germany: Convergence or Divergence?
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals? probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …
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