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...

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...

Auf der Basis der Existenzgründungsstatistik des IfM Bonn wurde das gewerbliche Gründungsgeschehen im Dienstleistungssektor untersucht. Im Dienstleistungssektor fanden 2013 knapp drei Viertel aller Gründungen statt und damit weniger als 1998. Ursächlich dafür ist vor allem ein Anstieg der...

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...