This paper analyzes the determinants of secondary jobholding in Germany and the UK. Although differing in labor market …

intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our …

In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany … random effects and fixed effects estimator were run in the wage estimation. We confirm the results that Entorf and Kramarz … (1997) had for France, that in Germany the coefficient for computer usage at the workplace did not remain stable and …

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …

Germany. The final discussion focuses on the ideological permutation of co-determination changing its socialist embeddedness …

) to cripple the export-oriented production of the very cheap and light fabrics, most of which had been sent to … the Low Countries and England to re-orient their export-oriented cloth production more and more towards high-priced ultra …-luxury quality woollens, woven almost exclusively from the finer English wools, but wools that came to be burdened with high export …

Unemployment durations are determined by a number of factors. According to mainstream economics theory, unemployment … before. We adopt a flexible hazard rate model with a nonparametric baseline to analyse data on unemployment spells in Germany … in Great-Britain nor in Germany. Results suggest that a labour market policy of promoting temporary work will not …

-specific equivalence scales developed for Germany and the United States by Merz et al. (1993). We verify previous studies that show that … inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels …