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The French unhappiness puzzle: The cultural dimension of happiness
Senik, Claudia - 2011
-negligible importance in explaining international heterogeneity in happiness. In some countries, such as France, they are responsible for 80 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286851
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261949
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The gradual transformation of continental European labor markets: France and Germany compared
Eichhorst, Werner - 2007
Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268350
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Contingent convergence: a comparative analysis of activation policies
Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2008
principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269141
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On the role of sectoral and national components in the wage bargaining process
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2010
This paper provides an empirical analysis on the determination of wages at the sectoral level in main industrial economies. Nominal wages are bargained between labour unions and employers in imperfect competitive markets, where spillovers across sectors might occur. Using a principal component...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269817
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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 …-paid service jobs, as non-wage labour costs are minimised. In France, fixed-term contracts are a flexible and also cheaper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269940
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Self-Selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Temouri, Yama; Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2010
comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages … services firms into exporting does not show up among firms from France and the UK where no statistically significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274711
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268979
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278796
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283938