This paper examines the impact of innovations and wages on the demand for heterogeneous labour. Based on matched data from the IAB-establishment panel survey and the files of the employment statistics register for the year 1995, input shares derived from a generalised Leontief cost function are...

The impact of wage increases on job satisfaction are explored. First, it is empirically established that current job satisfaction rises with absolute wage level as well as with wage increases. Second, a basic job satisfaction function is constructed based on the empirical results, and...

The impact of wage increases on job satisfaction is explored. First, it is empirically confirmed that current job satisfaction rises with the absolute wage level as well as with wage increases. Second, a basic job satisfaction function is constructed based on the empirical results, and...

We investigate the effects of works councils on employees' wages and job satisfaction in general and for subgroups with respect to sex and occupational status. Making use of a German representative sample of employees, we find that employees, who move to a firm with a works council, report...

The Ifo Business Climate is the most important indicator for the business cycle in Germany. In 1993 the connection between the two components of the business climate - business situation and business expectations - was graphically portrayed by Ifo in a 4-quadrant scheme: the Ifo Business Cycle...

Many previous studies try to discover job preferences by directly asking individuals. Since it is not sure, whether answers to these surveys are relevant for actual behaviour, this empirical examination offers a new approach based on representative German data. Employees who quit their job and...

Der Preisindex des Bruttoinlandsprodukts (BIP-Deflator) ist einer der wichtigsten Inflationsindikatoren im Rahmen der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen. Er misst die Preisentwicklung der gesamten von der Wirtschaft erbrachten Produktionsleistung. Im vergangenen Jahr zeigte sich eine...

Das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) wurde bisher in den deutschen Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen (VGR) in konstanten Preisen eines Basisjahres nachgewiesen (Festpreisbasis). Sowohl das 1993 revidierte »System of National Accounts« (SNA) der Vereinten Nationen als auch das Europäische...

Das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP), der wichtigste Indikator für Konjunktur und Wirtschaftswachstum, wurde bisher in den deutschen Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen (VGR) in konstanten Preisen eines Basisjahres nachgewiesen (Festpreisbasis). Auf der Grundlage der Entscheidung der...