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Monopsonistic competition, low-wage labour markets, and minimum wages : an empirical analysis

Bachmann, Ronald; Frings, Hanna - 2015

This paper investigates the degree of monopsony power of employers in different industries against the background of a statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a dynamic model of monopsonistic competition. The...

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The importance of two-sided heterogeneity for the cyclicality of labour market dynamics

Bachmann, Ronald; David, Peggy - 2009

Using two data sets derived from German administrative data, including a linked employer-employee data set, we investigate the cyclicality of worker and job flows.The analysis stresses the importance of two-sided labour market heterogeneity in this context, taking into account both observed and...

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Labour market polarisation, job tasks and monopsony power

Bachmann, Ronald; Demir, Gökay; Frings, Hanna - 2020

Using a semi-structural approach based on a dynamic monopsony model, we examine to what extent workers performing different job tasks are exposed to different degrees of monopsony power, and whether these differences in monopsony power have changed over the last 30 years. We find that workers...

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The intensive and extensive margin of European labour supply

Frings, Hanna; Schaffner, Sandra - 2011

Das Arbeitsangebot wird grundsätzlich durch zwei Faktoren bestimmt: Die Partizipation am Arbeitsmarkt (extensives … Arbeitsangebot) und die Anzahl der gearbeiteten Stunden der Beschäftigten (intensives Arbeitsangebot). Auf Basis der … gesamte Arbeitsangebot ist. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf signifikante Unterschiede im Arbeitsangebot zwischen den Ländern hin …

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Cross-border investment, heterogeneous workers, and employment security : evidence from Germany

Bachmann, Ronald; Baumgarten, Daniel; Stiebale, Joel - 2011

We analyse how foreign direct investment (FDI) affects employment security using administrative micro data for German employees. FDI intensity is measured at the industry level, which enables us to take into account the sum of direct effects at the investing firms as well as indirect effects of...

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Long-run patterns of labour market polarisation : evidence from German micro data

Bachmann, Ronald; Çim, Merve; Green, Colin - 2018

The past four decades have witnessed dramatic changes in the structure of employment. In particular, the rapid increase in computational power has led to large-scale reductions in employment in jobs that can be described as intensive in routine tasks. These jobs have been shown to be...

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