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Conditional patterns of unemployment dynamics in Germany : conference paper
Nordmeier, Daniela; Weber, Enzo - 2013
This paper studies the conditional patterns of unemployment dynamics in Germany. We employ a structural VAR model and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336262
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The impact of skill mismatch on earnings losses after job displacement : conference paper
Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Neffke, Frank; Wiederhold, Simon - 2013
The long-term earnings losses of displaced workers are substantial. We investigate the role of post-displacement occupational matching in explaining the cost of job displacement. We combine German administrative data on the work history of displaced workers with information on the task content...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343781
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The aggregate effects of the Hartz reforms in Germany : conference paper
Hertweck, Matthias Sebastian; Sigrist, Oliver - 2013
(1983-2009). We show that, until the early 2000s, close to 60% of changes in the unemployment rate are due to changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339386
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Wage posting or wage bargaining? : evidence from the employers' side ; conference paper
Brenzel, Hanna; Gartner, Hermann; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Using a representative establishment dataset, this paper analyzes the incidence of wage posting and wage bargaining in the matching process. We show that both modes of wage determination coexist in the German labor market, with about two-thirds of hirings being characterized by wage posting....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339948
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Cyclicality of job and worker flows : new data and a new set of stylized facts ; conference paper
Bachmann, Ruediger; Bayer, Christian; Seth, Stefan; … - 2013
We study the relationship between cyclical job and worker flows at the plant level using a new data set spanning from 1976-2006. We find that procyclical labor demand explains relatively little of procyclical worker flows. Instead, all plants in the employment growth distribution increase their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340557
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Household's disagreement on inflation expectations and socioeconomic media exposure in Germany
Menz, Jan-Oliver; Poppitz, Philipp - 2013
impact of three sources of the demographic effect on inflation expectations using data for Germany. Overall, our findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338395
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Keeping up with the Joneses : income comparisons and labour supply ; conference paper
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2013 - Preliminary version August 07, 2013
We investigate whether working time is related to the intensity of income comparisons and relative income. Our simple theoretical model demonstrates that the effects of relative income concerns depend on whether an individual can choose contractual working hours and/or overtime. In the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337852
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Testing the Easterlin hypothesis with panel data : the dynamic relationship between life satisfaction and economic growth in Germany and in the UK ; conference paper
Pfaff, Tobias; Hirata, Johannes - 2013 - This version: February, 2013
a) long-term panel data and estimation with individual fixed effects, b) regional GDP per capita with a higher variation …. Using long-term panel data for Germany and the United Kingdom, we do not find robust evidence for a relationship between GDP … per capita and life satisfaction in either country (controlling for a variety of variables). Together with the evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338942
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Happiness and the persistence of income shocks : conference paper
Bayer, Christian; Jüßen, Falko - 2013 - This version: March 1, 2013
-step estimation procedure that allows applying instrumental variable regressions with ordinal observable data. As suggested by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339956
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Cross-sectional and longitudinal equivalence scales for West Germany based on subjective data on life satisfaction : paper presented at the fifth meeting of the Society for the Stu...
Faik, Jürgen - 2013
German 1984-2010 Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) database for West Germany. It follows the "individual variant" for calculating … subjective equivalence scales using "life satisfaction" as a proxy variable for "utility". The cross-sectional scale estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128357