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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten

Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001

This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...

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The rationale for wage rigidity : survey evidence from German and US firms

Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2002

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Explaining variations in wage curves: Theory and evidence

Barth, Erling; Bratsberg, Bernt; Naylor, Robin A.; … - 2002

This paper presents both theoretical analysis and econometric evidence for the United States, Great Britain and Norway on the extent to which hourly wages of different groups of workers are sensitive to local labour market conditions. We focus on differences by union status. Our theoretical...

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Kündigungsschutzrecht in den USA und in Deutschland: ein Beitrag zur ökonomischen Rechtsvergleichung

Kirstein, Roland; Kittner, Michael; Schmidtchen, Dieter - 2000

) als in Deutschland. Die erwartete Abfindungszahlung kann in beiden Rechtssystemen durchaus gleich hoch ausfallen (in … Deutschland ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Abfindung höher, in den USA die Höhe der Zahlung). Eine institutionenökonomische … Analyse zeigt darüber hinaus, daß die Beteiligung des Betriebsrates an Kündigungen in Deutschland opportunistisches Verhalten …

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Reforming German labor market institutions: a dual path to flexibility

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2009

Germany has always been one of the prime examples of institutional complementarities between social insurance, a rather passive welfare state, strong employment protection and collective bargaining that stabilize diversified quality production. This institutional arrangement was criticized for...

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Reforming German labor market institutions : a dual path to flexibility

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2009

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Shirking, unemployment and aggregate fluctuations

Gomme, Paul - In: International economic review 40 (1999) 1, pp. 3-21

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Employee referrals and efficiency wages

Kugler, Adriana D. - 2002

Many workers believe that personal contacts are crucial for obtaining jobs in high-wage sectors. On the other hand, firms in high-wage sectors report using employee referrals because they help provide screening and monitoring of new employees. This paper develops a matching model that can...

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Value-added tax versus social security contributions

Goerke, Laszlo - 1999

In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by efficiency wages, it is shown that a balanced-budget shift...

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Do higher government wages reduce corruption? : evidence based on a novel dataset

Le, Van-ha; Haan, Jakob de; Dietzenbacher, Erik - 2013

This paper employs a novel dataset on government wages to investigate the relationship between government remuneration policy and corruption. Our dataset, as derived from national household or labor surveys, is more reliable than the data on government wages as used in previous research. When...

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