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Equality of opportunity : East vs. West Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - 2015
integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990 … in East and West Germany. Our results suggest that equal opportunities in Germany have grown since reunification …. Interestingly, EOp is larger in East than in West Germany. …
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Equality of opportunity : East vs. West Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Ungerer, Martin - In: Bulletin of economic research 69 (2017) 4, pp. 421-427
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Exporting and labor demand : micro-level evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2014
It is widely believed that globalization affects the extent of employment and wage responses to economic shocks. To provide evidence for this, we analyze the effect of firms' exporting behavior on the elasticity of labor demand. Using rich, German administrative linked employer-employee panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238353
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Exporting and labor demand : micro-level evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2013
exporting on firms' labor demand. Using rich, administrative linked employer-employee panel data from Germany, we explicitly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771744
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Labor demand effects of rising electricity prices : evidence for Germany
Cox, Michael; Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, … - 2013
Germany plays a pioneering role in replacing conventional power plants with renewable energy sources. While this is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227783
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Exporting and labor demand : micro-level evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Sieglich, Sebastian - 2014
It is widely believed that globalization affects the extent of employment and wage responses to economic shocks. To provide evidence for this, we analyze the effect of firms' exporting behavior on the elasticity of labor demand. Using rich, German administrative linked employer-employee panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250050
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Politicians' outside earnings and political competition
Becker, Johannes (contributor); Peichl, Andreas (contributor) - 2008
This paper deals with the impact of electoral competition on politicians' outside earnings. In our framework, politicians face a tradeoff between allocating their time to political effort or to an alternative use generating outside earnings. The main hypothesis is that the amount of time spent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793484
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The politicians' wage gap : insights from German members of parliament
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2011
Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936419
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The politicians' wage gap : insights from German members of parliament
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2011
Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230676
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Politicians' outside earnings and electoral competition
Becker, Johannes; Peichl, Andreas; Rincke, Johannes - 2008
This paper deals with the impact of electoral competition on politicians' outside earnings. We propose a simple theoretical model with politicians facing a tradeoff between allocating their time to political effort or to an alternative use generating outside earnings. The model has a testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951504