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Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in Services: Direct Evidence from a Firm Survey

Radowski, Daniel; Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The paper uses a new German employer survey on wage setting practices to analyze incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services vs. manufacturing. We observe that wage freezes are significantly more frequent and wage cuts less frequent in services. Reasons preventing wage cuts...

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Works Councils - Sand or Grease in the Operation of German Firms?

Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as sand or grease in the operation of German firms. Stochastic production frontier analysis indicates that establishments with and without a works council do not exhibit significant differences in efficiency.

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Testing Lazear’s Jack-of-All-Trades View of Entrepreneurship with German Micro Data

Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper tests the theory recently put forward by Edward Lazear that individuals with competence in many skills … should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack …

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Why are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis

Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - Department of Economics and Finance Research and … - 2007

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers’ employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …

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HRM in the German Business System: A Review

Giardini, Angelo; Kabst, Ruediger; Muller-Camen, Michael - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 16 (2005) 1, pp. 63-80

Human resource management in Germany is deeply rooted in its institutional environment. Thus, US style HRM cannot be … while inhibiting others. Also, the concept of Strategic HRM in Germany may only be fully understood against the background …

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Incentive Preferences of Employees in Germany and the USA: An Empirical Investigation

Rehu, Marjaana; Lusk, Edward; Wolff, Birgitta - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 16 (2005) 1, pp. 81-98

This study investigates performance reward preferences of employees in Germany and the USA. The investigation uses the … organizations. Our empirical investigation is based upon survey data collected from employees of a MNC in Germany and the USA using …

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On the rationale of leniency programs: a game-theoretical analysis

Blum, Ulrich; Steinat, Nicole; Veltins, Michael - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 25 (2008) 3, pp. 209-229

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Innovation Dynamics in OECD Countries: Challenges for German Enterprises

Breitschopf, Barbara; Grupp, Hariolf - In: International Economics and Economic Policy 1 (2004) 2, pp. 135-155

increased to 3% of GDP by 2010. Despite this joint target, countries differ in many respects. Export-oriented countries in high … second half of the 1990s, Germany has managed to get slightly ahead of Japan as an exporter of R&D-intensive goods and in …

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German economic unification

Cheng, Hang-Sheng - In: FRBSF Economic Letter (1990)

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Global interest rate linkages

Glick, Reuven - In: FRBSF Economic Letter (1990)

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