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Economics of waste prevention : second-hand products in Germany

Wilts, Henning; Fecke, Marina; Zeher, Christine - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 2, pp. 1-10

Reuse is still seen as a "niche phenomenon" and consumers seem to waste economic opportunities linked to buying and …

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Assessing potentials for mobile/smartphone reuse/remanufacture and recycling in Germany for a closed loop of secondary precious and critical metals

Reinhardt, Nicoleta; Fröhling, Magnus; Bongaerts, Jan C. - In: Journal of remanufacturing 8 (2018) 1/2, pp. 1-22

growing electrical and electronic equipment waste streams in the world. At the same time, collection, reuse/remanufacture and … recycling of the WEEE are low. For example, in Germany, the collection and reuse rates of these devices are each around 5%. The … potential size of a reuse/remanufacture market in Germany for mobile and smartphones, its state of art and challenges on …

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Side effects of the new German minimum wage on (un-)employment: First evidence from regional data

Garloff, Alfred - 2016

In Germany, decreasing collective bargaining coverage and rising wage inequality led to the introduction of a new statutory minimum wage of € 8.50 per hour of work. We analyze the relationship between the bite of the minimum wage and employment/ unemployment growth using regional data of the...

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Erneuerbare Energien: ein Wachstumsmarkt schafft Beschäftigung in Deutschland

Edler, Dietmar; O'Sullivan, Marlene - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 41, pp. 2-8

Eine aktuelle Untersuchung der Entwicklung der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland unterstreicht ihre Bedeutung als wichtiger Wirtschaftsfaktor. Im Jahr 2009 wurden gut 20 Milliarden Euro in erneuerbare Energien investiert. Die Umsätze der in Deutschland ansässigen Hersteller belaufen sich...

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Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien erhöht Wirtschaftsleistung in Deutschland

Blazejczak, Jürgen; Braun, Frauke G.; Edler, Dietmar; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 50, pp. 10-16

Der starke Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien führt in Deutschland zu Nachfrageimpulsen und verringert die Einfuhr konventioneller Brennstoffe. Allerdings sind mit dem Ausbau auch gegenläufige Substitutions- und Kosteneffekte verbunden, die für sich genommen die Konsummöglichkeiten vermindern...

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Employment effects of a German workfare programme at the establishment level

Dummert, Sandra; Hohendanner, Christian - In: International Journal of Social Welfare 29 (2019) 2, pp. 142-153

We examined the impact of a German workfare programme for hard-to-place welfare recipients, the so-called ‘€1-jobs’, on staff in public and non-profit establishments. We applied static and dynamic panel models using IAB Establishment Panel data from 2005 to 2013. To account for regional...

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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013

A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax rates. Our analysis is based on a microsimulation...

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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013

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Price effects of minimum wages : evidence from the construction sector in East and West Germany

Werner, Thomas; Sell, Friedrich L.; Reinisch, David C. - 2013

In this paper, the authors present a new approach to estimate the impact of a minimum wage on the labor market of the construction sector in Germany. Instead of estimating the effect on employment, the authors focus on the change of prices on a firm level in order to differentiate between a...

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Behavioral effects of a federal minimum wage and income inequality in Germany : conference paper

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013

Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality receive less attention. Yet, a popular argument for a federal minimum wage in Germany is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We examine this...

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