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Panel Tests for Unit Roots in Hours Worked
Kappler, Marcus - 2006
Hours worked is a time series of interest in many empirical investigations of the macroeconomy. Estimates of macro elasticities of labour supply, for example, build on this variable. Other empirical applications investigate the response of hours worked to a shock to technology on the basis of...
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Modeling and explaining the dynamics of European Union allowance prices at high-frequency
Conrad, Christian; Rittler, Daniel; Rotfuß, Waldemar - 2010
In this paper we model the adjustment process of European Union Allowance (EUA) prices to the releases of announcements at high-frequency controlling for intraday periodicity, volatility clustering and volatility persistence. We find that the high-frequency EUA price dynamics are very well...
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Map Intersection Based Merging Schemes for Administrative Data Sources and an Application to Germany
Arntz, Melanie; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2005
In many situations the applied researcher wants to combine different data sources without knowing the exact link and merging rule. This paper introduces a theoretical framework how two different regional administrative data sources can be merged. It presents different merging schemes based on...
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Empirical determinants of employee resistance against innovations
Zwick, Thomas - 2000
Employee resistance against innovations is a virulent phenomenon and there is a broad theoretical literature on its determinants. The empirical evidence is scarce, however, and mainly provides descriptive evidence on the incidence of the phenomenon and concentrates on the effectiveness of change...
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Ecological sufficiency, individual liberties, and distributive justice: Implications for policy making
Heindl, Peter; Kanschik, Philipp - 2016
constraints implied by political liberalism. We find that freedom of choice restricts sufficiency to rather wealthy societies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442040
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The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom
Boockmann, Bernhard; Dreher, Axel - 2002
We analyse the effect of IMF and World Bank policies on the composite index of economic freedom by Gwartney et al …, we find that the number of projects has a positive impact on overall economic freedom, while the effect of the amount of … relationship between credits and programs of the IMF and economic freedom. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298103
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Restrictions of fixed term employment contracts: Evidence from a German reform
Brüll, Eduard - 2019
This paper examines the impact of legal restrictions on fixed-term contracts on employment, wages and the careers of labour market entrants. Specifically, I analyse a 2001 German reform that made it more difficult for establishments that are not subject to employment protection to hire workers...
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Der Mindestlohn im Dachdeckerhandwerk: Auswirkungen auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitnehmerschutz und Wettbewerb
Aretz, Bodo; Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry; Rammer, … - 2012
Hinblick auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitnehmerschutz und Wettbewerb untersucht. Dabei zeigt sich, dass sich die mit dem Mindestlohn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310697
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Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohnes auf die Beschäftigung und den Arbeitnehmerschutz in der Abfallwirtschaft
Guertzgen, Nicole; Sprietsma, Maresa; Niefert, Michaela; … - 2012
Arbeitnehmerschutz lässt sich als Folge des Mindestlohnes eine Tendenz zur Verdichtung der Arbeit sowie zur Zunahme ungeschützter …
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Der Mindestlohn im Dachdeckerhandwerk: Auswirkungen auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitnehmerschutz und Wettbewerb
Aretz, Bodo; Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry; Rammer, … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
Hinblick auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitnehmerschutz und Wettbewerb untersucht. Dabei zeigt sich, dass sich die mit dem Mindestlohn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985638