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Minimum wage non-compliance : the role of co-determination

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2023

We analyse in what way co-determination affects non-compliance with the German minimum wage, which was introduced in … 2015. The Works Constitution Act (WCA), the law regulating co-determination at the plant level, provides works councils … the law. The economic correlates of co-determination, such as higher productivity and wages, affect non-compliance in …

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Works councils, training and employee satisfaction

Bellmann, Lutz; Hübler, Olaf; Leber, Ute - 2019

This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment...

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The role of works councils for severance payments

Grund, Christian; Martin, Johannes - 2017

Using representative German employee data, we analyse the role of works councils for the incidence of severance payments subsequent to dismissals. While there is a positive relation with severance payments after those dismissals which stem from plant closings, the incidence of a works council is...

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Maternity leave and its consequences for subsequent careers in Germany

Franz, Nele Elisa - 2014

This paper analyzes the wage development of mothers interrupting their careers, in comparison to the wages of men who do not face a parental interruption. We estimate OLS regression models for different subcategories defined by age and point in time. We use data from the German Socioeconomic...

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Would you marry me? : the effects of marriage on German couples' allocation of time

El Lahga, AbdelRahmen; Moreau, Nicolas - 2007

We evaluate the effects of the transition from cohabitation to marriage on household domestic and market work hours using a sample of working couples. For this purpose we use the 21 first waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSEOP). We adapt the estimator introduced by Semykina and...

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Punching up or punching down? : how stereotyping the rich and the poor impacts redistributive preferences in Germany

Diermeier, Matthias; Fischer, Madeleine L.; Niehues, Judith - 2023

rich, support for redistribution in Germany is not motivated by the urge to castigate this group for their affluence …

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Do wind turbines have adverse health impacts?

Krekel, Christian; Rode, Johannes; Roth, Alexander - 2023

all wind turbines in Germany and exploit their staggered rollout over two decades for identification. We do not find …

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The effect of schooling on parental integration : evidence from Germany

Sommerfeld, Ann-Marie - 2023

Exploiting the age-at-enrollment policies in 16 German states as exogenous source of variation, I examine whether the schooling of the oldest child in a migrant household affects parents' integration. My analysis links administrative records on primary school enrollment cutoff dates with micro...

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More education does make you happier - unless you are unemployed

Bertermann, Alexander; Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; … - 2023

This paper investigates the causal eﬀect of education on life satisfaction, exploring eﬀect heterogeneity along employment status. We use exogenous variation in compulsory schooling requirements and the build-up of new, academically more demanding schools, shifting educational attainment...

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The diverging trends of male and female bottom earnings in Germany

Coschignano, Eliana; Jessen, Robin - 2025

Men at the bottom quintile of the German male earnings distribution had lower average earnings in 2019 than in 2001. In contrast, female earnings have increased throughout the distribution. What explains these diverging trends and how did they translate into changes in net income? Data from the...

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