existing belief elicitation results, (ii) can we avoid potential hedging confounds? Our results instill confidence regarding … both issues. We propose an experimental design that eliminates hedging opportunities, and use this to test for the … empirical relevance of hedging effects in the lab. We find no evidence for hedging, comparing the standard “hedging …

setting due to labor cost and straitjacket effects. As firms in Germany are allowed to choose their wage formation regime, we … test these two hypotheses with representative establishment data for West Germany. We find that establishments with …

location choice of immigrants and the reflection problem. We exploit a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany to identify …

roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment …

lesbians in Germany. Applications for four fictional female characters are sent out in response to job advertisements: a …

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe … sector in Germany. We also conduct our analysis at the individual worker level, and find that trade had a stabilizing overall …

Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …