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Skill wage premia, employment, and cohort effects : are workers in Germany all of the same type?
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); Kohn, Karsten (contributor) - 2006
This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment subsample 1975{1997. It extends the analytical framework of Card and Lemieux (2001) which simultaneously includes skill and age as important dimensions of heterogeneity. After...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338004
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Price indices for information and communication technology industries : an application to the German PC market
Moch, Dietmar - 2001
Inflation wird zu hoch ausgewiesen. Bei der Analyse der Preisentwicklung für PCs in Deutschland (bezogen auf den Direktmarkt … substantially lower, thus overestimating computer prices and inflation. When the hedonic index for German computer prices is …Die Berechnung von Preisindizes zeigt für Deutschland ein ähnliches Bild wie in den USA. Die starken …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445963
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Will the (German) NAIRU please stand up?
Franz, Wolfgang - 2003
This paper deals with a critical assessment and a reestimation of the "non-accelerating in ation rate of unemployment" (NAIRU) for Germany. There are quite a few obstacles to perceiving the NAIRU as an understandable and easy-to-use analytical instrument, suitable for economic policy: the...
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Time is money – how much money is time? : interest and inflation in competition law actions for damages
Bueren, Eckart; Hüschelrath, Kai; Veith, Tobias - 2014
several years until cartel victims obtain damages. Interest and inflation are thus two key drivers of adequate compensation … legal systems treat interest and inflation as part of competition law actions for damages, and, using real-world data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010233583
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After the death of inflation : will fiscal drag survive?
Heinemann, Friedrich - 2000
Declining inflation rates might have negative consequences for tax revenues. Phenomena like the inflationary bracket … lay the theoretical base followed by a descriptive view on the relation between inflation, growth and tax revenues in the … reveal that an end of inflation would have a negative impact on tax revenues for a number of OECD countries. The results also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444606
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Inflation expectations of experts and ECB communication
Ullrich, Katrin (contributor) - 2007
decisions with regard to inflation expectations of financial market experts for the euro area from February 1999 to June 2007 … of inflation expectations formation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003528856
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Cointegration of real estate stocks and REITs with common stocks, bonds and consumer price inflation : an international comparison
Westerheide, Peter (contributor) - 2006
to consumer price inflation in an international comparison over the period from 1990 to 2004. The analysis focuses on the …. Additionally, real estate stocks provide a (weak) hedge against consumer price inflation in almost every country. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003370051
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Earnings losses after non-employment increase with age
Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2008
This paper shows that earnings losses after unemployment increase with age. First, older employees start out with relatively high earnings in comparison to employees without employment interruptions several years before the non-employment spell. This earnings advantage turns into a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728393
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Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor) - 2008
Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
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Noncognitive skills, Internet use and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja (contributor); Gernandt, Johannes (contributor) - 2008
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2006 we analyze the determinants and labor market effects of educational dropout. In addition to classical variables like family background and occupation, we examine noncognitive skills and Internet use. Noncognitive skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728547