Ist Arbeitszeitverlängerung ohne Lohnausgleich, wie neuerdings vielfach von interessierten Kreisen behauptet, der Weg aus der Beschäftigungskrise? Diese Fragestellung wurde mit Hilfe makroökonometrischer Simulationsverfahren untersucht. Selbst unter der Annahme, dass der Staat die infolge der...

Many changes are influencing the working situation of drivers in the transport sector, mainly internationalization and globalization impacts for example by regulations from the European Union or competitive forces putting pressure on costs and wages. Interestingly the main research and political...

The objective of our analysis is to find out whether an increase in working time without pay compensation can be considered an adequate policy to reduce unemployment. From the perspective of economic theory the outcome is in general ambiguous: On the one hand, as the increase in working time...

We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference parameter. We contrast this with a model that directly...

In 2015, Germany introduced a statutory hourly minimum wage that was not only universally binding but also set at a relatively high level. We discuss the short-run effects of this new minimum wage on a wide set of socio-economic outcomes, such as employment and working hours, earnings and wage...