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Downward nominal wage rigidity in services: direct evidence from a firm survey

Radowski, Daniel; Bonin, Holger - 2009

The paper uses a new German employer survey on wage setting practices to analyze incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services vs. manufacturing. We observe that wage freezes are significantly more frequent and wage cuts less frequent in services. Reasons preventing wage cuts...

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Whatever works: Dualisation and the service economy in Bismarckian welfare states

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2010

non-standard work. In Germany (and to a lesser extent Austria), marginal part-time provides a fertile ground for low …

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Does Management Matter in Schools?

Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014

outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational …

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The transition from work to retirement

Eichhorst, Werner - 2011

The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy of active ageing. Yet despite some progress over the last decade, empirical data show persistent diversity across EU member states. Institutional arrangements of social and...

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Kick it like Özil? Decomposing the native-migrant education gap

Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - 2012

secondary schooling in Germany which are not migrant-specific. …

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The use of flexible measures to cope with economic crises in Germany and Brazil

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Pastore, José - 2011

This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil …

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Sibling Rivalry: A Six Country Comparison

Wolter, Stefan C. - 2003

In this paper we analyse with the PISA data on literacy achievement of fifteen-year-old pupils in six member countries of the OECD, whether the fact of having many siblings affects the individual educational outcome. The hypothesis that we test is whether parents? resources matter for...

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Dynamics of Labour and Capital Adjustment : A Comparison of Germany and the Netherlands

Polder, Michael; Verick, Sher - 2004

market is characterised by greater flexibility in wages and work arrangements in comparison to Germany. These institutional …

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Industry Wage Differentials Revisited: A Longitudinal Comparison of Germany and USA (1984-1996)

Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 1999

In this paper, the inter-industry wage structure in West Germany and USA is compared using the German Socio …

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Overtime Work, Overtime Compensation and the Distribution of Economic Well-Being: Evidence for West Germany and Great Britain

Pannenberg, Markus; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001

Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … the evolution of the monthly labour earnings distribution and individual economic well-being differently in West Germany … regards to West Germany, we show that the current policy of transforming paid overtime in ?working time accounts?, which is …

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