Summary As a consequence of the rapid growth of temporary agency employment in Germany, the debate on the remuneration … Germany is indeed large and increased during the past decade. Decomposition reveals that the widening gap mainly is driven by … longer have to accept a pay penalty. A recent reform set a high incentive for temporary help agencies to pay their workers …

The premium rates paid for statutory health insurance in Germany play a key role in the competition among health care … funds. With the most recent health care reform (GKV-Wettbewerbsstärkungsgesetz GKV-WSG), a range of new products have been … information about premium rates of all statutory health insurance funds in Germany. Applying a multinomial logit model, we show …

Germany (FRG) during the period 1982-1991. Major findings of this paper are as follows: 1) With the aggregated trade data, the …