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Socioeconomic heritage and rapid firm growth
Wyrwich, Michael - 2009
out both for West Germany - a mature market economy - and for East Germany, which operated under a centrally planned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267124
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The empirical relevance of minimum wages for the low-wage sector
Ragnitz, Joachim; Thum, Marcel - In: CESifo Forum 08 (2007) 2, pp. 35-37
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695869
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Public Pensions, Changing Employment Patterns, and the Impact of Pension Reforms across Birth Cohorts: A Microsimulation Analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600919
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Location Choice and Employment Decisions: A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals
Muendler, Marc-Andreas; Jäckle, Robert; Ekholm, Karolina; … - 2004
strongest with respect to affiliate employment in Western Europe. A one percent larger wage gap between Germany and locations in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260527
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Explaining the East German productivity gap: the role of human capital
Ragnitz, Joachim - 2007
The paper concentrates on the question whether the low level of productivity in East Germany can be explained by … human capital endowments; in fact, the effective stock on human capital in East Germany is lower than in West Germany when … younger cohorts. This impedes a fast convergence in productivity between East and West Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260566
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Sectoral transformation, turbulence, and labour market dynamics in Germany
Bachmann, Ronald; Burda, Michael C. - 2007
. This is especially true in Germany, where industrial employment has declined by more than 30% and service sector employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263677
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The impact of international outsourcing on labour market dynamics in Germany
Bachmann, Ronald; Braun, Sebastian - 2008
Using an administrative data set containing daily information on individual workers' employment histories, we investigate how workers' labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate hazard rate models for match separations, as well as for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263721
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The importance of two-sided heterogeneity for the cyclicality of labour market dynamics
Bachmann, Ronald; David, Peggy - 2009
Using two data sets derived from German administrative data, including a linked employer-employee data set, we investigate the cyclicality of worker and job flows. The analysis stresses the importance of two-sided labour market heterogeneity in this context, taking into account both observed and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263763
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Sectoral Transformation, Turbulence, and Labor Market Dynamics in Germany
Bachmann, Ronald; Burda, Michael C. - 2007
. This is especially true in Germany, where industrial employment has declined by more than 30% and service sector employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264679
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The Impact of International Outsourcing on Labour Market Dynamics in Germany
Bachmann, Ronald; Braun, Sebastian - 2008
Using an administrative data set containing daily information on individual workers' employment histories, we investigate how workers' labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate hazard rate models for match separations, as well as for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264724