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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 … ; Wettbewerb …

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What attracts human capital? : Understanding the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany

Arntz, Melanie (contributor) - 2006

of internal job matching flows in Germany. Estimates from a nested logit model of destination choice suggest that spatial …. Regional differentials in non-pecuniary assets slightly contribute to spatial sorting processes in Germany. Such differences in … unemployment. Simulating job matching patterns in a scenario of economic convergence between eastern and western Germany …

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How weather-proof is the construction sector? : empirical evidence from Germany

Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor) - 2008

, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to …

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Crowding out informal care? : evidence from a social experiment in Germany

Arntz, Melanie (contributor); … - 2008

This paper evaluates the effects of a professionally assisted consumer-directed program (Personal Budgets) compared to the standard home care programs of the German long-term care insurance. The evaluation makes use of a long-run social experiment at seven different sites with a random...

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Reforming home care provision in Germany : evidence from a social experiment

Arntz, Melanie (contributor); … - 2008

In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative to the home care programs of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). Due to extending the coverage beyond LTCI approved services and agencies, personal budgets may improve care outcomes compared to the...

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Firm heterogeneity and wages under different bargaining regimes : does a centralised union care for low-productivity firms?

Gürtzgen, Nicole (contributor) - 2009

This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under different wage setting structures. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model that analyses the sensitivity of wages to the variability in productivity conditions in...

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Wage insurance within German firms : do institutions matter?

Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2009

Using a large linked employer-employee data set, this paper studies the extent to which employers insure workers against transitory and permanent firm-level shocks. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the amount of wage insurance depends on the nature of industrial relations....

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Unemployment duration in Germany : individual and regional determinants of local job finding, migration and subsidized employment

Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor) - 2006

Recent labor market reforms in Germany aim, among other things, at reducing unemployment by restricting passive …

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Rent-sharing and collective bargaining coverage : evidence from linked employer-employee data

Gürtzgen, Nicole (contributor) - 2006 - Rev. version

Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm profitability and wages. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to firm-specific rents varies with collective bargaining coverage. To address this issue, we...

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Bounds analysis of competing risks : a nonparametric evaluation of the effect of unemployment benefits on imigration in Germany

Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Lo, Simon M. S. (contributor); … - 2007

migration of unemployed workers in Germany. Our findings weakly indicate that reducing the entitlement length for unemployment …

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