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Firm's demand for work hours : evidence from multi-country and matched firm-worker data

Kuroda, Sachiko; Yamamoto, Isamu - 2011

Using information on Japanese, UK, and German workers work hour and matched firms characteristics, this paper investigates whether the number of hours worked is determined by demand-side factors, and tries to introduce one possibility to explain why Japanese tend to work longer hours than...

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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees

Lechmann, Daniel S.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013

Unter Verwendung eines großen repräsentativen Datensatzes für Deutschland stellt diese Studie Fehlzeiten von …

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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees

Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013

Unter Verwendung eines großen repräsentativen Datensatzes für Deutschland stellt diese Studie Fehlzeiten von …

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The feminization of occupations and change in wages : a panel analysis of Britain, Germany and Switzerland

Murphy, Emily; Oesch, Daniel - 2015

In the last four decades, women have made major inroads into occupations previously dominated by men. This paper examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they remain in, or move into, feminizing occupations? We analzye...

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Mindestlohn in Deutschland, Großbritannien und in den USA

Bossler, Mario - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 96 (2016) 6, pp. 422-425

Die Diskusssion über die Auswirkungen des allgemeinen gesetzlichen Mindestlohns in Deutschland ist in vollem Gange …. Erste Evaluationsergebnisse zeigen, dass der Mindestlohn in Deutschland nur einen moderaten Beschäftigungsverlust nach sich … zog, wobei langfristige Auswirkungen zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt schwierig zu schätzen sind. Während in Deutschland gefordert …

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The employment impact of cleaner production on the firm level : empirical evidence from a survey in five European countries

Rennings, Klaus; Zwick, Thomas - 2001

This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...

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Being independent is a great thing : subjective evaluations of self-employment and hierarchy

Frey, Bruno S.; Benz, Matthias - 2003

One can be independent, or subject to decisions made by others. This paper empirically tests whether individuals attach an intrinsic value to the institutional difference between independence and hierarchy. Taking self-employment as an important case of independence, it is shown that the...

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Paid and unpaid overtime working in Germany and the UK

Bell, David N. F.; Hart, Robert A.; Hübler, Olaf; … - 2000

Significant numbers of employees work more hours in the workplace than their contract stipulates. Such overtime work can either be paid or unpaid. This research considers overtime working in Germany and the UK and shows that the quantitative significance of both paid and unpaid overtime is...

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Overtime work, overtime compensation and the distribution of economic well-being : evidence for West Germany and Great Britain

Pannenberg, Markus; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001

Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and overtime compensation in the two countries in the 1990s. Our estimates reveal that the observed overtime patterns affect both the evolution of the monthly labour earnings...

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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees

Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013

Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals and paid employees. We find that absence from work is clearly less prevalent among the self-employed than among paid employees. Only to a small extent, this difference can be...

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