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Reflections on wage-setting
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018
Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to … expectations about inflation and future growth. Migration plays a significant role to balance wages across regions and countries …
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Agenda 2020 : Strategien für eine Politik der Vollbeschäftigung
Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
Mit diesem Strategiepapier zeigt das Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) Wege auf, wie Deutschland in der vor uns liegenden Dekade wieder Vollbeschäftigung erreichen kann. Die "Agenda 2010" hat die Arbeitsmarktentwicklung erkennbar in die richtige Richtung bewegt und für ein neues Denken...
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Youth unemployment in old Europe : the polar cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2013
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has been on continuous decline in Germany for many years,...
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Youth unemployment in old Europe : the polar cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Rinne, Ulf; … - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be observed in Southern European countries, a “lost generation” may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has been on continuous decline in Germany for many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209725
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Agenda 2020 : strategies to achieve full employment in Germany
Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
This strategy paper by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) shows ways in which Germany once more can attain full employment in the coming decade. Much of what the previous government's "Agenda 2010" has put into motion has clearly steered labor market development in the right direction....
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Overtime work and overtime compensation in Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
Sharing the available stock of work more fairly is a popular concern in the public policy debate. One policy proposal is to reduce overtime work in order to allow the employment of more people. This paper suggests that such a concept faces major problems. Using Germany as a case study, it is...
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Overtime Work and Overtime Compensation in Germany
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Bauer, Thomas K. - 2021
Sharing the available stock of work more fairly is a popular concern in the public policy debate. One proposal is to reduce overtime work in order to allow the employment of more people. This paper suggests that such a concept faces major problems. Using Germany as a case study, it is shown that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321391
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Kein Mindestlohn ohne unabhängige wissenschaftliche Evaluation
Arni, Patrick; Eichhorst, Werner; Pestel, Nico; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Die deutsche Bundesregierung plant die Einführung eines flächendeckenden Mindestlohns. Dieser Beitrag fasst die vorliegenden nationalen und internationalen Erfahrungen mit Mindestlöhnen zusammen. Er analysiert dabei die Konsequenzen für Beschäftigung und Einkommensverteilung und legt eine...
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Kein Mindestlohn ohne unabhängige wissenschaftliche Evaluation
Arni, Patrick; Eichhorst, Werner; Pestel, Nico; … - 2014
Die deutsche Bundesregierung plant die Einführung eines flächendeckenden Mindestlohns. Dieser Beitrag fasst die vorliegenden nationalen und internationalen Erfahrungen mit Mindestlöhnen zusammen. Er analysiert dabei die Konsequenzen für Beschäftigung und Einkommensverteilung und legt eine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368468
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Das Mindestlohngesetz: Hoffnungen und Befürchtungen
Möller, Joachim; Brenke, Karl; Wagner, Gert G.; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 94 (2014) 6, pp. 387-406
many workers are affected by this new regulation and whether the minimum wage is too high in relation to the average wage … is not possible to forecast all the reactions and behaviour of market participants to handle higher wages and goods … young employees and student apprentices. Other authors hope that minimum wages would help to strengthen collective …
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