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Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in self-employment than in paid employment. Applying an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, more than a quarter of the difference in monthly self-employment earnings can be traced back to...
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) reaction to rising and falling unemployment. In contrast, wage growth in establishments without collective bargaining adjusts … only to falling unemployment and is unaffected by rising unemployment. …
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) reaction to rising and falling unemployment. In contrast, wage growth in establishments without collective bargaining adjusts … only to falling unemployment and is unaffected by rising unemployment. …
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) reaction to rising and falling unemployment. In contrast, wage growth in establishments without collective bargaining adjusts … only to falling unemployment and is unaffected by rising unemployment. …
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) reaction to rising and falling unemployment. In contrast, wage growth in establishments without collective bargaining adjusts … only to falling unemployment and is unaffected by rising unemployment. …
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both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … can be an effective tool to reduce unemployment in the long run, in particular if participation occurs early during … unemployment. Long-term training schemes increase the average duration of employment spells more strongly than short-term training …
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unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …
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unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …
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In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 to 30 per cent higher productivity than their works-councilfree counterparts. Such findings can only serve to buttress the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German...
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18 studies using data from 20 highly developed, developing, and less developed countries document that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. The existence of these so-called exporter wage premia is one of the stylized facts...
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