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Kommentar zum Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Intensivierung der Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit und damit zusammenhängender Steuerhinterziehung
Gebauer, Andrea - In: ifo Schnelldienst 57 (2004) 09, pp. 10-17
Das Volumen der Schattenwirtschaft, also insbesondere von Schwarzarbeit und illegaler Beschäftigung, ist in Deutschland … durch Schwarzarbeit auch zu Wettbewerbsverschärfungen, die legal arbeitende Unternehmen in Schwierigkeiten bringen können … Intensivierung der Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit und damit zusammenhängender Steuerhinterziehung zu begrüßen. Er zielt darauf ab, das …
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Tax evasion, minimum wage non-compliance and informality
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy; Siddique, Zahra - 2011
We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage non-compliance, and the size of the informal workforce. Our approach allows us to examine (i) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282348
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Wage Mobility in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schnitzlein, Daniel - 2011
markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage … mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s …
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Trade union membership in Eastern and Western Germany: convergence or divergence?
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals' probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299235
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Employment stability of entrants in newly founded firms: a matching approach using linked employer-employee data from Germany
Schnabel, Claus; Kohaut, Susanne; Brixy, Udo - 2008
while their risk of becoming unemployed was lower. In particular in eastern Germany, joining firms that were older than six …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299247
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Kriterien und Vorschläge für einen Subventionsabbau: Kurzexpertise zur Strukturberichterstattung an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft
Klodt, Henning; Bartholmai, Bernd; Hopf, Rainer; … - 1999
Vor der Bundestagswahl im September 1998 zeichnete sich ab, daß die Steuerreform weiterhin auf der Tagesordnung beiben würde. Die Vebreiterung der Bemessungsgrundlage hat darin einen wichtigen Stellenwert.Der Subventionsabbau ist ohnehin ein witschaftspolitischer Dauerbrenner. Das...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324196
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Trade Union Membership in Eastern and Western Germany: Convergence or Divergence?
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals? probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262096
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Why more West than East German firms export
Wagner, Joachim - 2007
Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263577
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Determinants of Avoidable Deaths from Ischaemic Heart Diseases in East and West Germany
Schwierz, Christoph; Wübker, Ansgar - 2009
ischaemic heart diseases (IHD) inWest and East Germany from 1996 to 2004. Our main result reveals that the number of … catch-up process in the number of IC facilities provided relative to West Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265790
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How long does it take to become an entrepreneurial society: The case of german convergence in self-employment
Schindele, Yvonne - 2010
Since the beginning of the transformation of East Germany from a socialist planned economy to a market economy, there …, and political problems of East Germany, thereby narrowing the gap between East and West Germany. This paper uses panel … West Germany observed during the first years after reunification has not been maintained. In short, some East German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267109