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Would a legal minimum wage reduce poverty? : a microsimulation study for Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2008
an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726086
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Minimum wage incidence : the case for Germany
Knabe, Andreas (contributor); Schöb, Ronnie (contributor) - 2008
Using data from the 2006 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes how a minimum wage affects employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and aggregate income in the low-wage sector. It is shown that a statutory minimum wage of EUR 7.50 per hour would cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771867
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Making work pay for the elderly unemployed : evaluating alternative policy reforms for Germany
Haan, Peter; Steiner, Viktor - In: FinanzArchiv : European journal of public finance 64 (2008) 3, pp. 380-402
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Marginal employment subsidization : a new concept and a reappraisal
Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Weimann, Joachim - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003320593
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Creating low skilled jobs by subsidizing market-contracted household work
Brück, Tilman; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Applied economics 38 (2006) 8, pp. 899-911
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003330936
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Marginal employment subsidization : a new concept and a reappraisal
Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Weimann, Joachim - 2006
Germany, we show that employment can be substantially increased without imposing additional fiscal burden. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335370
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Cohort effects and the returns to education in West Germany
Boockmann, Bernhard; Steiner, Viktor - In: Applied economics 38 (2006) 10, pp. 1135-1152
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003336895
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Social jealousy and stigma : negative externalities of social assistance payments in Germany
New, Sonja C. de; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2009
satisfaction in Germany using the SOEP 1995-2004. We find strong evidence that individuals in Germany are negatively influenced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861413
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Explaining the East German productivity gap : the role of human capital
Ragnitz, Joachim (contributor) - 2007
The paper concentrates on the question whether the low level of productivity in East Germany can be explained by … 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/10003414320
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How well do individuals predict their future life satisfaction? : evidence from panel data following a nationwide exogenous shock
Frijters, Paul; Greenwell, Harry; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; … - In: The Canadian journal of economics 42 (2009) 4, pp. 1326-1346
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003915417