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Union density and varieties of coverage: the anatomy of union wage effects in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - 2008

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

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The KfW/ZEW start-up panel: design and research potential

Fryges, Helmut; Gottschalk, Sandra; Kohn, Karsten - 2009

So far, there has been no data set which observes firm formations in Germany not only on a cross-sectional basis using … Bankengruppe and Creditreform set up a panel study of newly founded firms in Germany: the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel. In each of the …

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What's the difference?! Gender, personality, and the propensity to start a business

Furdas, Marina; Kohn, Karsten - 2010

Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by …-scale population survey on start-up activity in Germany. As a unique feature, the data combine socio-demographic characteristics …

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The interdependence of R&D activity and debt financing of young firms

Fryges, Helmut; Kohn, Karsten; Ullrich, Katrin - 2011

We investigate the interdependence of debt financing and R&D activities of young firms. Using micro-level data of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel, our estimation results show that firm characteristics are more important than personal characteristics of the founders for explaining young firms'...

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Rising Wage Dispersion, After All ! The German Wage Structure at the Turn of the Century

Kohn, Karsten - 2006

throughout the years 1992{2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. …

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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany

Lembcke, Alexander C.; Kohn, Karsten; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2008

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …Tarifverhandlungen in Deutschland finden entweder auf Branchenebene oder auf Firmenebene statt; die Tarifbindung ist …

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Rising wage dispersion, after all! The German wage structure at the turn of the century

Kohn, Karsten - 2006

throughout the years 1992-2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267315

Wage distributions by bargaining regime: linked employer-employee data evidence from Germany

Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - 2007

Using linked employer-employee data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey 2001, this paper provides a comprehensive picture of the wage structure in three wage-setting regimes prevalent in the German system of industrial relations. We analyze wage distributions for various labor market...

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