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The impact of firm entry regulation on long-living entrants
Prantl, Susanne - 2010
What is the impact of firm entry regulation on sustained entry into self-employment? How does firm entry regulation influence the performance of long-living entrants? In this paper, I address these questions by exploiting a natural experiment in firm entry regulation. After German reunification,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281844
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The impact of firm entry regulation on long-living entrants
Prantl, Susanne - 2010
What is the impact of firm entry regulation on sustained entry into self-employment? How does firm entry regulation influence the performance of long-living entrants? In this paper, I address these questions by exploiting a natural experiment in firm entry regulation. After German reunification,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662646
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Privatisation of Network Industries in Germany : A Disaggregated Approach
Knieps, Guenter - 2021
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of market-oriented institutional reforms in German network industries. A disaggregated approach is chosen, which differentiates between network services, infrastructure management and network infrastructure. The gradual opening of network...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319263
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The German labor market after the Great Recession : successful reforms and future challenges
Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
The reaction of the German labor market to the Great Recession 2008/09 was relatively mild – especially compared to other countries. The reason lies not only in the specific type of the recession – which was favorable for the German economy structure – but also in a series of labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684837
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Social assistance in five countries in north-western Europe
Hansen, Hans; Schultz-Nielsen, Marie Louise - 2015
In this paper, we calculate the disposable incomes in 2012 of three selected family types receiving social assistance in five countries in north-western Europe. We also calculate the net replacement rates for families receiving social assistance, calculated on the basis of the disposable incomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407730
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The German statutory minimum wage and its effects on regional employment and unemployment
Bonin, Holger; Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Lichter, Andreas; … - 2019
unemployment on the level of regional labor markets. Using variation in the regional exposure to the new wage floor, we employ a … difference-in-differences approach that compares the evolution of employment and unemployment between regions with varying … reduction is not accompanied by a proportional increase in unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011989134
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Unemployment and occupational mobility at the beginning of employment career in Germany and the UK
Schmelzer, Paul - 2011
The beginning of the employment career is often associated with phases of unemployment. We argue that unemployment has … UK and Germany. While search and matching models argue that an unemployment phase might be used for an active job search … and rigid labour market in Germany creates a stigma attached to unemployment and therefore might have negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323812
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Unemployment and occupational mobility at the beginning of employment career in Germany and the UK
Schmelzer, Paul - 2011
The beginning of the employment career is often associated with phases of unemployment. We argue that unemployment has … UK and Germany. While search and matching models argue that an unemployment phase might be used for an active job search … and rigid labour market in Germany creates a stigma attached to unemployment and therefore might have negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529889
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Kommunale Monopole in der Hausmüllentsorgung
Bataille, Marc; Steinmetz, Alexander - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 95 (2015) 1, pp. 56-62
Der Entsorgungswirtschaft wird im Rahmen wettbewerbspolitischer Diskussionen kaum Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet. Dabei ist der Wettbewerb teilweise sehr schwach ausgeprägt. Gebührenfinanzierte kommunale Unternehmen sind im Bereich des Siedlungsmülls oft allein für die Entsorgung verantwortlich;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010475286
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Kommunale Monopole in der Hausmüllentsorgung
Bataille, Marc; Steinmetz, Alexander - 2014
In Teilen der Entsorgungswirtschaft ist der Wettbewerb noch schwach ausgeprägt. Im Bereich der Entsorgung von Haushaltsmüll dominieren oftmals gebührenfinanzierte kommunale Unternehmen den Markt. Die Rolle der Kommunen als alleinige Leistungserbringer wurde zuletzt auch durch allgemeine...
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