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Discrete working time choice in an applied general equilibrium model
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001945547
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Private incentives to innovate : interplay of new products and brand-name reputation
Leheyda, Nina (contributor) - 2008
This paper studies the introduction of new products (increase in product variety) in the automobile industry. The focus is on the two sources of market power that may allow the firms to get higher profits (and, thus, recoup investments): new products and brand-name reputation. The effects of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793986
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Incumbents' responses to innovative entrants : a multi-country dynamic analysis
Diekhof, Josefine; Cantner, Uwe - 2017
The influence of innovative entrants on incumbents is considered important for technological change. We analyze this influence for the global transition towards alternative technology vehicles (ATVs). Our results indicate that entrants' ATV-related knowledge accumulation stimulates average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011748553
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728424
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Union density and varieties of coverage : the anatomy of union wage effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); Kohn, Karsten (contributor) - 2008
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining … associated with higher wages. Yet, individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm shows a negative impact both on the wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003650930
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Gender earnings gap in German firms : the impact of firm characteristics and institutions
Heinze, Anja (contributor); Wolf, Elke (contributor) - 2006
Most existing analyses on the gender wage gap (GWG) have neglected the establishment as a place where inequality between male and female employees arises and is maintained. The use of linked employee-employer data permits us to move beyond the individual and consider the importance of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314702
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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
sector. Consistent with our hypotheses, the empirical results suggest that under industry-level bargaining workers in more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805643
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Optimal tax progressivity in unionised labour markets : what are the driving forces?
Boeters, Stefan - 2009
In labour markets with collective wage bargaining higher progressivity of the labour income tax creates a trade-off. On … numerical general equilibrium model with imperfect competition on the goods market, collective wage bargaining and a labour … by the general tax level. -- labour taxation ; tax progressivity ; optimal taxation ; collective wage bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003888037
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Wage insurance within German firms : do institutions matter?
Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2009
of considerable job losses and bankruptcy. -- Wage insurance ; linked employer-employee data ; collective bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873008
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Optimal tax progressivity in unionised labour markets : simulation results for Germany
Boeters, Stefan - 2010
Changing the income tax progressivity in labour markets with collective wage bargaining generates a trade-off. On the … bargaining and involuntary unemployment. In the simulations carried out using this model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity … ; tax progressivity ; optimal taxation ; collective wage bargaining ; unemployment ; microsimulation ; computable general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969884