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Immobilienkrise?: Warum in Deutschland die Preise seit Jahren stagnieren

Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; Menz, Jan-Oliver; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 17, pp. 214-220

deutlich anzogen, stagnieren sie andernorts seit Jahrzehnten, so etwa in Deutschland und Kanada. Dieser langfristigen …

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International evidence on sticky consumption growth.

Carroll, Christopher D.; Slacalek, Jiri; Sommer, Martin - 2008

We estimate the degree of ‘stickiness’ in aggregate consumption growth (sometimes interpreted as reflecting consumption habits) for thirteen advanced economies. We find that, after controlling for measurement error, consumption growth has a high degree of auto-correlation, with a stickiness...

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Money growth and inflation: a regime switching approach

Amisano, Gianni; Fagan, Gabriel - 2010

We develop a time-varying transition probabilities Markov Switching model in which inflation is characterised by two regimes (high and low inflation). Using Bayesian techniques, we apply the model to the euro area, Germany, the US, the UK and Canada for data from the 1960s up to the present. Our...

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Beschäftigungs- und verteilungspolitische Aspekte von Mindestlöhnen

Lesch, Hagen - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 31 (2004) 4, pp. 41-50

In Deutschland wird derzeit intensiv über die Einführung eines gesetzlichen Mindestlohns debattiert. Die Befürworter … Mindestlohn. Aber auch außerhalb der Europäischen Union, etwa in Kanada, Japan und den Vereinigten Staaten, sind gesetzliche … gilt, favorisiert in Deutschland vor allem die IG Metall eine branchenbezogene Regelung. Eine solche Lösung wäre allerdings …

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Male Pre and Post Tax Wage Inequality: A Six Country Comparison

Bradbury, Bruce - 1993

Looks at the pre- and post-tax wage distribution of prime age males in six countries, focusing on Australia. Analysis includes an examination of the impact of income taxes and employer and employee contributions on the wage distribution.

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Determinants of Women's Labor-Force Participation: An Econometric Analysis for Five Countries

Phipps, Shelley A. - 1993

Addresses three hypotheses which may help to explain the differences in the observed labour-force participation rates of women and which can be examined using micro-data from LIS. These include: the importance of income needs, the role of marriage patterns, and the effects of children....

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A Cross-National Comparison of Education and Earnings

O'Connor, Inge - 1994

This paper attempts to bridge the gap between previous cross-national work estimating rates of return to education and the current trend toward examining rates over time. Changes in the returns to education in the 1980s over five countries were driven by different forces across the countries.

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Immigrants and the Distribution of Income: National and International Comparisons

Saunders, Peter - 1994

This paper explores the income distribution position of immigrants and nonimmigrants using three different approaches. The results indicate that there is virtually no difference between the distributional profiles of immigrant and nonimmigrant families in Australia. However, when a similar...

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Educational Attainment and Earnings Inequality in Eight Nations

Sullivan, Dennis Hal; Smeeding, Timothy Michael - 1997

This paper investigates the relationship between educational attainment and earnings inequality in eight nations using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database. Although the results should be considered exploratory rather than definitive until verified and qualified by more detailed...

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Cross-National Patterns of Labor Force Withdrawal

Smeeding, Timothy Michael; Quinn, Joseph F. - 1997

This paper was originally presented a the Fourth International Research Seminar of the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS) in June 1997 in Sigtuna, Sweden. In the United States, several public policy initiatives have been undertaken to encourage more work and later...

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