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Pay and Productivity in a Corporatist Economy: Evidence from Austria
Fuess, Jr. Scott M.; Millea, Meghan - 2001
that pay increases can lead to productivity improvements. But would such results be observed in a corporatist economy with … efficiency benefit of corporatism. For laborers in manufacturing, we find that wage hikes result in productivity gains. Managers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262451
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Disentangling Pay and Productivity in a Corporatist Economy: The Case of Germany
Fuess, Jr. Scott M.; Millea, Meghan - 2002
productivity. But what about in a corporatist economy? Focusing on Germany, we use an innovative technique developed by Geweke to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273751
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Institutions and Development : The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2004
provision of schooling are typically lower in an open than in a closed economy. Moreover, we find that, under openness to trade …, a land-abundant and landowner dominated economy supports openness to trade. Finally, we discuss empirical evidence which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273741
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Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Denzler, Stefan - 2003
In order to learn more about the wage elasticity of the teacher supply in Switzerland, this paper estimates wages for … to the fact that teachers? salaries are generally high in Switzerland - teachers here enjoy a positive wage differential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261950
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Does Subsidised Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Steiger, Heidi - 2002
schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262619
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Exploiting regional treatment intensity for the evaluation of labour market policies
Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2006
We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data with detailed regional information are combined with exogenous regional variation in programme...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267957
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Money matters: evidence from a large-scale randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult training
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice. User behavior was compared with a control group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268953
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Effects of adult education vouchers on the labor market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - 2011
education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277272
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Work to live or live to work? Unemployment, happiness, and culture
Krause, Annabelle - 2011
by cultural background. To test the hypothesis of a 'Teutonic work ethic', this paper takes advantage of Switzerland in … significantly negative effect on life satisfaction in Switzerland. I furthermore present evidence which confirms to some extent the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282372
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Generating legitimacy for labor market and welfare state reforms: the role of policy advice in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden
Eichhorst, Werner; Wintermann, Ole - 2005
Policy advice can help political actors design and implement institutional reforms through the generation of political and substantial legitimacy. This article clarifies the institutional pre-conditions of effective supply and transfer of policy advice with particular respect to the field of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267639