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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445026
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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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Not employed 37 hours or employed 41? : A CGE analysis for Germany
Conrad, Klaus (contributor); Koschel, Henrike (contributor);  … - 2005
in Germany on the basis of a CGE model using an input-output framework for all sectors of the economy. Our simulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002906072
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Collective wage agreements and the adjustment of workers and hours in German service firms
Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence … factors when firms from the service sector are faced with demand shocks. The estimation results indicate that collective wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444737
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Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen
Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil basiert auf der ZEW/Creditreform Konjunkturumfrage bei unternehmensnahen...
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Does work time flexibility work? : An empirical assessment of the efficiency effects for German firms
Wolf, Elke (contributor); Beblo, Miriam (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002137122
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Returns to education in West Germany : an empirical assessment
Lauer, Charlotte; Steiner, Viktor - 2000
This paper analyses the developments in the returns to education in West Germany for the period from 1984 to 1997 …. However, the estimates proved rather robust towards the specification of the wage equation and the estimation method. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443895
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Private Erträge von Bildungsinvestitionen in Deutschland
Steiner, Viktor; Lauer, Charlotte - 2000
Deutschland geschätzten Bildungsrenditen mit den für die anderen Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union berechneten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444602
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Alternative approaches to discrete working time choice in an AGE framework
Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Boeters, Stefan (contributor);  … - 2005
We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference parameter. We contrast this with a model that directly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003114240