With the purpose to reduce winter unemployment and to promote all-season employment in the constructions sector, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to several reforms that resemble the range of approaches for...

Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we focus on accessions and separations, as well as the underlying labour market flows, at the...

Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics. In doing so, we focus on accessions and separations, as well as the underlying labour market flows, at the...

Das Thema der ganzjährigen Beschäftigung durch Winterbau ist seit einigen Jahrzehnten Gegenstand der wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischen Diskussion. Andreas Schade analysiert die Auswirkungen der für die Bauwirtschaft konzipierten gesetzlichen Regelungen im Hinblick auf die Zielgrößen...