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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001
This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...
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The rationale for wage rigidity : survey evidence from German and US firms
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2002
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Explaining variations in wage curves: Theory and evidence
Barth, Erling; Bratsberg, Bernt; Naylor, Robin A.; … - 2002
This paper presents both theoretical analysis and econometric evidence for the United States, Great Britain and Norway on the extent to which hourly wages of different groups of workers are sensitive to local labour market conditions. We focus on differences by union status. Our theoretical...
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Kündigungsschutzrecht in den USA und in Deutschland: ein Beitrag zur ökonomischen Rechtsvergleichung
Kirstein, Roland; Kittner, Michael; Schmidtchen, Dieter - 2000
) als in Deutschland. Die erwartete Abfindungszahlung kann in beiden Rechtssystemen durchaus gleich hoch ausfallen (in … Deutschland ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Abfindung höher, in den USA die Höhe der Zahlung). Eine institutionenökonomische … Analyse zeigt darüber hinaus, daß die Beteiligung des Betriebsrates an Kündigungen in Deutschland opportunistisches Verhalten …
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Shirking, unemployment and aggregate fluctuations
Gomme, Paul - In: International economic review 40 (1999) 1, pp. 3-21
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Employee referrals and efficiency wages
Kugler, Adriana D. - 2002
Many workers believe that personal contacts are crucial for obtaining jobs in high-wage sectors. On the other hand, firms in high-wage sectors report using employee referrals because they help provide screening and monitoring of new employees. This paper develops a matching model that can...
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Do higher government wages reduce corruption? : evidence based on a novel dataset
Le, Van-ha; Haan, Jakob de; Dietzenbacher, Erik - 2013
This paper employs a novel dataset on government wages to investigate the relationship between government remuneration policy and corruption. Our dataset, as derived from national household or labor surveys, is more reliable than the data on government wages as used in previous research. When...
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Are shrinking and leisure substitutable? : an empirical test of efficiency wages based on urban economic theory
Ross, Stephen L. (contributor); Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2008
Recent theoretical work has examined the spatial distribution of unemployment using the efficiency wage model as the mechanism by which unemployment arises in the urban economy. This paper extends the standard efficiency wage model in order to allow for behavioral substitution between leisure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003723930
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Wage rigidity and job creation
Haefke, Christian; Sonntag, Marcus; van Rens, Thijs - 2009
Standard macroeconomic models underpredict the volatility of unemployment fluctuations. A common solution is to assume wages are rigid. We explore whether this explanation is consistent with the data. We show that the wage of newly hired workers, unlike the aggregate wage, is volatile and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270767
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Wage rigidity and job creation
Häfke, Christian; Sonntag, Marcus; Rens, Thijs van - 2009
Standard macroeconomic models underpredict the volatility of unemployment fluctuations. A common solution is to assume wages are rigid. We explore whether this explanation is consistent with the data. We show that the wage of newly hired workers, unlike the aggregate wage, is volatile and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003827155