Die Arbeitskosten des westdeutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbes beliefen sich im Jahr 2010 auf 36,28 Euro je Arbeitnehmerstunde. Damit lag Westdeutschland an sechster Stelle der IW-Arbeitskostenrangliste. Gegenüber dem Durchschnitt der etablierten Industrieländer produzierte die westdeutsche...

Im Jahr 2010 verbesserte sich die Lohnstückkostenposition des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Deutschland wieder deutlich. Noch immer ist jedoch der Stand vor der globalen Finanzmarkt- und Wirtschaftskrise bei weitem nicht erreicht. Nimmt man die Krisenjahre 2008 und 2009 sowie das Erholungsjahr...

In this paper we apply the meta-regression technique to survey the empirical literature on the economic incidence of labour taxes and social security contributions. In particular, we focus on the effects of taxation on wages to test the conventional view that employees bear the burden due to...

This study investigates the relationship between financial development and the size of the informal economy. We build a model in which an exogenous variation in the size of the informal sector creates two effects on financial development. Specifically, informal sector harms financial development...

Compares the ability of prime-age, able-bodied workers in the U.S., Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, and the U.K. to keep themselves and their households out of poverty by working. The authors find that although the probability of being poor is smaller in households in which the head works...

Uses LIS data to study the sensitivity of cross-national income poverty comparisons to the method in which poverty is measured. Examined are the differences between using absolute and relative poverty comparisons as well as the consequence of lowering the real value of the poverty line to...

This study explores the influence that international competition has on worker well-being in the US, UK and Sweden. Industrial sectors are divided into tow groups: those that experience international competition and those that do not. Electronics, textiles, apparel, and automobile production...