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The Role of Wage and Skill Differences in US-German Employment Differences.
Freeman, Richard B.; Schettkat, Ronald - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 219 (1999) 1+2, pp. 49-66
Comparative German American Structural Database and the International Adult Literacy Survey we find that: employment rates differ … levels; the employment of skilled to unskilled labour within industries is unrelated to country differences in skill premium … but changes in relative wages are related to changes in relative employment; and the differing dispersion of wages is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596518
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The shift to services : a review of the literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2003
)). Next, it treats studies analyzing differences in service-industry employment, and offers a discussion of studies focussing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261657
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Differences in US-German Time-Allocation: Why Do Americans Work Longer Hours than Germans?
Schettkat, Ronald - 2003
The conventional view is that Americans work longer hours than Germans and other Europeans but when time in household production is included, overall working time is very similar on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans spend more time on market work but German invest more in household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262102
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Institutions in the Economic Fitness Landscape: What Impact Do Welfare State Institutions Have on Economic Performance?
Schettkat, Ronald - 2003
employment protection, wage bargaining and work incentives) on the functioning of the labour market both theoretically and … employment problems but it is in line with the outcomes of many other economic studies. The reasons for the ambiguous effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262103
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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment: Explanations for the Increase in Part-time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2001
employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct … employment boom - contributed only marginally, if at all, to the rise in female labor supply. The increasing proportion of women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262608
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Nicht zu früh bremsen!: Der Einfluss der Geldpolitik auf die langfristige Wirtschaftsentwicklung in Deutschland und den USA
Schettkat, Ronald; Sun, Rongrong - 2009
Almost all institutions - employment protection legislation, unions, wages, wage structure, unemployment insurance, etc …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291094
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Monetary policy and European unemployment
Schettkat, Ronald; Sun, Rongrong - 2008
In the long history of rising and persistent unemployment in Europe almost all institutions - employment protection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291100
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Differences in US-German Time-Allocation: Why Do Americans Work Longer Hours than Germans?
Schettkat, Ronald - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The conventional view is that Americans work longer hours than Germans and other Europeans but when time in household production is included, overall working time is very similar on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans spend more time on market work but German invest more in household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762246
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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment Explanations for the Increase in Part-time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct … employment boom - contributed only marginally, if at all, to the rise in female labor supply. The increasing proportion of women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762270
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Nicht zu früh bremsen! - Der Einfluss der Geldpolitik auf die langfristige Wirtschaftsentwicklung in Deutschland und den USA-
Schettkat, Ronald; Sun, Rongrong - Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library - 2009
Almost all institutions - employment protection legislation, unions, wages, wage structure, unemployment insurance, etc …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005434830