Water sector reforms in recent years have concentrated on involving the private sector in the operation and management of monopoly water utilities. Much effort has gone into regulation to stop utilities from abusing their monopoly power, but relatively little into considering ways to reduce that...

In seiner Stellungnahme im Rahmen der Verbändebeteiligung des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales begründet das IAB seine Einschätzung, einer Verlängerung des Kurzarbeitergelds kritisch gegenüber zu stehen und kurzfristige Konjunkturimpulse in Verbindung mit langfristigen...

We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades. Combining personal income tax and social security data allows us-for the first time-to offer a complete picture of the distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that...

This article describes the processing and accessibility of the person and establishment fixed wage effects in German administrative data. These effects have been estimated following the approach of Abowd, J., Kramarz, F., and Margolis, D. (1999. High wage workers and high wage firms....