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The paper uses a new German employer survey on wage setting practices to analyze incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services vs. manufacturing. We observe that wage freezes are significantly more frequent and wage cuts less frequent in services. Reasons preventing wage cuts...
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Different models of protection against labor market risks are associated with diverging models of economic performance. Historically established institutional complementarities between labor market regulation, unemployment protection, and vocational training tend to mirror specific national...
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There remains great uncertainty about the economic consequences of co-determination in German supervisory boards. Because employee representation on company boards is mandatory, depending on the legal form and size of the company, a direct comparison of those companies that apply...
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selbst erstellt haben. Infolge der Lohnunterschiede zwischen Industrie und Dienstleistungssektor ändert sich damit aus … Deutschland und im Vergleich mit Frankreich und den Niederlanden analysiert. Im Ergebnis zeigt die Erweiterung der … - gesamtwirtschaftlich betrachtet - geringere Belastung der Industriegüter mit Lohnkosten in Deutschland, Frankreich und den Niederlanden an …
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This paper presents an applied general equilibrium model for Germany. The model integrates specific labour market …
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Using a newly constructed macroeconometric model for Germany and the rest of the Euro area, we investigate the … macroeconomic effects of structural labor market reforms in Germany. We find that neither the fact that Germany can no longer pursue … Germany by implementing labor market reforms themselves constitute impediments to successful reforms. Reforms would relative …
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Throughout the period 1871-1938, the average British worker was better off than the average German worker, but there were significant differences between major sectors. For the aggregate economy, the real wage gap was about the same as the labour productivity gap, but again there were important...
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innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations … Germany are similar to those found for Spain and the UK. …
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There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence …
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