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Der Flächentarifvertrag: Eine kritische Würdigung aus ökonomischer Sicht
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1999
This paper examines critically the system of industry-level wage bargaining in Germany. More specifically, it shows … that the importance of industry-level wage bargaining declines in Germany and that one major reason for this development is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297655
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Arbeitsrechtliche Hemmnisse für die Anreizwirkung flexibler Entgeltsysteme
Oechsler, Walter A. - 2001
Entgeltsystemen in Deutschland anhand ausgewählter aktueller Regelungen diskutiert. Dabei wird aufgezeigt, dass in den aktuellen … law existing in Germany, especially in the field of wage determination. In this paper the impact of existing labor … agreements on incentive systems in Germany is analyzed. It shows, that the centralized and dense web of regulations within the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297753
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The Rationale for Wage Rigidity: Survey Evidence from German and US Firms
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Franz, Wolfgang - 2002
The study provides evidence for the rationale of wage rigidity in Germany compared to the United States. Based on a … methods, for example, and find strong support for explanations based on labor union contracts and implicit wages for Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297890
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Returns to education in West Germany: an empirical assessment
Lauer, Charlotte; Steiner, Viktor - 2000
This paper analyses the developments in the returns to education in West Germany for the period from 1984 to 1997 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297666
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Private Erträge von Bildungsinvestitionen in Deutschland
Steiner, Viktor; Lauer, Charlotte - 2000
Deutschland geschätzten Bildungsrenditen mit den für die anderen Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union berechneten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297681
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Is Portugal really so arteriosclerotic? Results from a cross-country analysis of labor adjustment
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 1999
Reputation indexes of employment protection have proven popular constructs in studies of the covariation of labor market institutions and macroeconomic outcomes. Portugal occupies an unenviable rank order in such measures of the stringency of employment protection. We critique this reputation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297630
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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001
quits are important reasons for wage rigidities for high skilled labour. Compared to findings from the USA, in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297735
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Der Flächentarifvertrag: Eine kritische Würdigung aus ökonomischer Sicht
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999
This paper examines critically the system of industry-level wage bargaining in Germany. More specifically, it shows … that the importance of industry-level wage bargaining declines in Germany and that one major reason for this development is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097840
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What Determines the ZEW Indicator?
Hüfner, Felix P.; Lahl, David - 2003
This paper analyzes which factors are driving the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment. Using the results of a poll among survey participants as well as Granger causality tests we identify three groups of influence factors: other sentiment indicators, financial variables and real economy data. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297299
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Auswirkungen von Erbschaften und Schenkungen auf die Vermögensbildung privater Personen und Haushalte: Eine ökonometrische Analyse auf der Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels
Westerheide, Peter - 2004
Die Untersuchung analysiert das Sparverhalten der über 30- bis unter 50jährigen Personen bzw. Haushalte mit Haushaltsvorständen in dieser Altersgruppe in Reaktion auf erhaltene Erbschaften bzw. Transfers zu Lebzeiten. Zugrunde liegen aktuelle Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels. Mittels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297351