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Wage convergence and inequality after unification : (East) Germany in transition
Gernandt, Johannes (contributor);  … - 2008
Germany, who lived in East Germany in 1989, with groups of West German statistical twin workers, all taken from the Socio …. Wages of migrants to West Germany equal the ones of their West German statistical twins. We conclude that labor markets in … East and West Germany are still characterized by wage differences but that the degree of inequality in both regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003702975
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East-West German wage convergence - how far have we got?
Steiner, Viktor; Wagner, Kersten - 1997
At the start of the German unification process it was a commonly held view that east German living conditions will converge to west Geman levels within a few years. This view was not only held by notoriously optimistic politicians but also by a great many of professional economists. With...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440938
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Total costs and budgetary effects of adaptation to climate change : an assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - 2010
adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland and Italy. Furthermore, a systematic overview on fiscal aspects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989027
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The political cconomy of corporate tax harmonization : why do European politicians (dis)like minimum tax rates?
Osterloh, Steffen (contributor);  … - 2008
Setting minimum tax rates is a well discussed way of mitigating pressure from tax competition. This paper investigates which motives shape the support for a minimum corporate tax among politicians. We make use of a unique data base: a survey among members of the European parliament. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793773
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European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians
Blesse, Sebastian; Boyer, Pierre C.; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2017 - This version: February 12, 2019
We analyze data from an author‐conducted survey of members of the French and German parliaments on European Monetary Union reform preferences. We consider three potential drivers of preferences: nationality, ideology, and personal characteristics. For European Monetary Union policies like...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977499
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European Monetary Union reform preferences of French and German parliamentarians
Blesse, Sebastian; Boyer, Pierre C.; Heinemann, Friedrich; … - 2017
This study analyzes results from an original survey of members of the French and German parliaments (Assemblée Nationale, Sénat and Bundestag) on economic policies and institutions of the Eurozone. We find that French politicians are significantly more supportive of Eurobonds, a European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011754032
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Wages in the East German transition process : facts and explanations
Franz, Wolfgang; Steiner, Viktor - 1999
, describe the development of various wage measures, labor productivity and unit labor costs in East Germany in relation to West … Germany, and relate these developments to the system of collective wage bargaining. At the microeconomic level, we describe … by way of empirical wage functions estimated on the basis of the Socio-Economic Panel for East Germany. The paper also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443093
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Die Theorie der optimalen Währungsräume und die politische Reformfähigkeit : ein vernachlässigtes Kriterium
Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998
Währungsunion. Hintergrund für diese Erweiterung ist das in Deutschland, aber auch in manchen anderen EU-Staaten, zu beobachtende … conventional theory is inspired by a phenomenon that can be observed for example in Germany but also in other European countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441036
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Words speak louder than actions : the impact of politics on economic performance
Osterloh, Steffen - 2010
In this paper, a new approach to disclose the impact of politics on economic growth is presented: we use data derived from content analysis of party manifestos as measures of party preferences. In a panel of 23 OECD countries, we detect a positive impact of party support for various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702176
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Die Reformperspektive der EU-Finanzverfassung nach den Beschlüssen zur Agenda 2000
Heinemann, Friedrich - 1999
A rational financial constitution of the EU should be able to fulfil redistributive objectives at minimum costs. The present financial system of the Community is not compatible with this requirement. After the decisions of the European Council in Berlin on the Agenda 2000 the fundamental flaw of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443326