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Qualifikationsanforderungen und Arbeitsformen in der Neuen Ökonomie
Christensen, Björn - 2001
Flexibilität des deutschen Ausbildungssystems abhängt. Der expandierende Markt der Zeitarbeit in Deutschland ist ein klares Indiz … market of temporary work in Germany is a clear sign of an increasing demand on flexible manpower use. Nevertheless, growth …
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Labour supply and labour force participation in Europe : a discussion of some recent developments and projections
Chagny, Odile; Döpke, Jörg; Plane, Mathieu; Schmidt, … - 2001
The prospects for labour supply in Europe are considered. The analysis begins with a so-called labour market balance covering the development on an aggregate level. Estimations to shed light on the relation between unemployment and labour force participation are given in the second part of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473881
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The labor market performance of first-generation immigrants : evidence for Switzerland
Golder, Stefan M. - 1999
This paper is concerned with the study of the labor market performance of immigrants. The unemployment rate is used as an indicator and natives as the reference group for the analysis. The analysis proceeds in two steps. In a first step, probit regressions on the unemployment probabilities are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475909
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Endowment or discrimination? : an analysis of immigrant-native earnings differentials in Switzerland
Golder, Stefan M. - 2000
Switzerland. The goal of this paper is to determine whether these differences can be attributed to diverging socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476143
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The international transmission of euro area monetary policy shocks
Jannsen, Nils; Klein, Melanie - 2011
European countries, namely the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, and Norway. For this purpose, we use a structural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232260
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Sozialhilfe, Lohnabstand, Leistungsanreize und Mindestlohnarbeitslosigkeit
Boss, Alfred - 2001
private households in Germany. In 2001, the difference is small for households consisting of at least three persons. For three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495535
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The determinants of reservation wages in Germany : does a motivation gap exist?
Christensen, Björn - 2001
-static reservation wages using panel data from Germany from 1987 to 1998. The results suggest that reservation wages are relatively high … in Germany compared to other countries. Furthermore, pooled regression results show that most recent wages and personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474420
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Reservation wages, offered wages, and unemployment duration : new empirical evidence
Christensen, Björn - 2002
This paper studies the reservation wages of unemployed persons and the wages offered them in Germany from 1987 to 1998 …
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Keynesian and monetarist views on the German unemployment problem : theory and evidence
Gottschalk, Jan - 2002
Persistently high unemployment rates in Germany have led to a long-running controversy on the causes of the … explores empirically their implications for the explanation of high un­em­ploy­ment in Germany using a structural vector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474695
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The impact of international outsourcing on the skill structure of employment : empirical evidence from German manufacturing industries
Diehl, Markus - 1999
In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial employment is caused by biased technical progress rather than by increasing international trade with low wage countries. However, in linking prices for final goods with prices of primary factors, most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475742