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Kombilöhne und Mindestlöhne als Instrumente der Beschäftigungspolitik: Erfahrungen und Handlungsoptionen
Eichhorst, Werner - 2006
approach regarding the introduction of additional minimum wages in Germany and more generous in-work benefits combined with an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268100
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Labor market adjustments after a large import shock: evidence from the German clothing industry and the multi-fibre arrangement
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as a control group and administrative data, we study adjustments on the individual and firm level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269526
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Advising Policymakers Through the Media
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004
In the information age an exchange with the media is part of the duties the economics profession has to deliver to educate the public and to ensure its position in society. A key issue is the education of policymakers through the media. It is the silver bullet of policy advice in comparison to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261771
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Productivity and size of the export market: evidence for West and East German plants, 2004
Wagner, Joachim - 2007
first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading … actor on the world market for manufactured goods. It documents that firms that export to countries inside the euro-zone are … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268438
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Measuring richness and poverty: a micro data application to Europe and Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo; Scheicher, Christoph - 2008
demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyze the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to many other European countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268964
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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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Norm-Based Trade Union Membership: Evidence for Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2003
for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261655
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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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The optimal timing of school tracking
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo; Ariga, Kenn - 2004
tracking. We calibrate the model for Germany and study how relative demand shifts toward more general skills and changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261767
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Unwilling or Unable? : Spatial, Institutional and Socio-Economic Restrictions on Females' Labor Market Access
van Ham, Maarten; Büchel, Felix - 2004
We analyze the effects of regional structures on both females? willingness to work and the probability of being employed for those willing to work. Special permission was granted to link regional data to individual respondents in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Results of a bivariate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261801