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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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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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Discrete heterogeneity in the impact of health shocks on labour market outcomes

Schurer, Stefanie (contributor) - 2008

Empirical evidence from the psychology literature suggests that reactions towards health shocks depend strongly on the personality trait of locus of control, which is usually unobservable to the analyst. In this paper, the role of this discrete heterogeneity in shaping the effects of health...

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Labour market outcomes of second generation immigrants : how heterogeneous are they really?

Schurer, Stefanie (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008

The second and third generation of immigrants have been the centre of a lively debate about the economic integration of immigrants into their host societies, but there is little empirical evidence on the German case. In this study I comprehensively portray the labour market outcomes of second...