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Imputation rules for the implementation of the pre-unication education variable in the BASiD data set

Gürtzgen, Nicole; Nolte, André - 2016

Using combined data from the German Pension Insurance and the Federal Employment Agency (BASiD), this study proposes different procedures for imputing the pre-unification education variable in the BASiD data. To do so, we exploit information on education-related periods that are creditable for...

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Works councils and the productivity impact of direct employee participation

Zwick, Thomas - 2003

productivity effect can only be measured in establishments with works councils, i.e. employee induced participation. The estimation …

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The impact of training on earnings : differences between participant groups and training forms

Kuckulenz, Anja; Zwick, Thomas - 2003

survey", a rich German data set with information on 0.1 percent of all individuals employed in Germany in 1998/1999. We use a … one-step full-information maximum likelihood and a two stage least squares estimation to regress the impact of training …

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Unemployment effects of the German minimum wage in an equilibrium job search model

Blömer, Maximilian J.; Gürtzgen, Nicole; Pohlan, Laura; … - 2018

We structurally estimate an equilibrium search model using German administrative data and use this for counterfactual analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment effects a priori and allows for different job offer...

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Maternity leave and mothers' long-term sickness absence : evidence from Germany

Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hank, Karsten - 2014

Exploiting unique German administrative data, we estimate the association between an expansion in maternity leave duration from two to six months in 1979 and mothers' post-birth long-term sickness absence over a period of three decades after childbirth. Using a regression discontinuity design,...

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Do hours restrictions matter? : a discrete family labor supply model with endogenous wages and hours restrictions

Wolf, Elke - 1998

The labor supply of West German married and cohabiting couples is analyzed using a discrete choice model. Following van Soest (1995), the labor supply decision is based on a household utility function which is determined by the leisure of the two spouses and net household income. Furthermore,...

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Lower wages for less hours? : a simultaneous wage-hours model for Germany

Wolf, Elke - 2000

estimation. …

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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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Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor : what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?

Wolf, Elke - 2000

Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … additional work-sharing in Germany. Furthermore, the match between actual and desired hours of Germans would improve if Germans … that hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more flexible labor market. …

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How much does a year off cost? : estimating the wage effects of employment breaks and part-time periods

Beblo, Miriam; Wolf, Elke - 2000

-time employment spells. Estimation results for German women suggest that deviations from full-time employment are associated with …

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