-sector wage premia observed in Europe, this paper examines the importance of public-sector unions for macroeconomic theory. The …-unionized public sector, namely Germany during the period 1970-2007. The union model is an improvement over a model with exogenous …

construction sector in Germany. Instead of estimating the effect on employment, the authors focus on the change of prices on a firm … estimations show that the minimum wage did have a different impact in East and West Germany. In East Germany, we find significant …, there was no significant price reaction observed for West Germany. The minimum wage seems too low compared to the wages paid …

minimum wage in East Germany was set much higher in relation to the wage distribution. There is heterogeneity hidden in the … negative employment effect for East Germany, its magnitude is substantially larger than previously estimated …

-sector wage premia observed in Europe, this paper examines the importance of public-sector unions for macroeconomic theory. The …-unionized public sector, namely Germany during the period 1970-2007. The union model is an improvement over a model with exogenous …

econometric models are analyzed using data from the 401 counties in Germany. Our results show that, for example, current high …

Using a natural experiment from Germany, we show that temporary place-based subsidies generate persistent effects on …