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International Differences in the Family Gap in Pay : The Role of Labor Market Institutions
Dupuy, Arnaud - 2007
Using microdata for 35 countries over the period 1985-1994-2002 we find that labor market institutions traditionally associated to more compressed wage structures are associated to a higher family gap. Our results indicate that these policies reduce the price effect of having children but...
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Do Labour Market Institutions Matter? Micro-Level Wage Effects of International Outsourcing in Three European Countries
Geishecker, Ingo - 2008
This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages in three European countries with markedly different labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries and construct comparable measures of outsourcing at the...
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Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium?
Kampelmann, Stephan - 2011
This paper examines the relationship between institutions and the remuneration of different jobs by comparing the German and Belgian labour markets with respect to a typology of institutions (social representations, norms, conventions, legislation, and organisations). The observed institutional...
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What Shapes Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes? Evidence from Multicultural European Countries
Torgler, Benno; Schneider, Friedrich - 2021
Considerable evidence suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. To resolve this puzzle of tax compliance several researchers have argued that citizens' attitudes toward paying taxes defined as tax morale helps to explain the high degree of tax...
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The Role of Institutions and Firm Heterogeneity for Labour Market Adjustment : Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence
Gal, Peter N. - 2013
This paper investigates the role of policies and institutions for aggregate labour market dynamics during the recent financial crisis using firm-level data. First, it provides comparable estimates on firm-level labor adjustment by country, industry and firm size. Second, using variance...
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Wirtschaftspolitische Herausforderungen 2016 : Fundament der Erholung ausbalancieren
Horn, Gustav A.; Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Rietzler, Katja; … - 2016
Vermehrte öffentliche Investitionen in Bildung, Infrastruktur und ökologische Erneuerung sind in Deutschland nicht nur dringend erforderlich, sondern können zudem den schwachen privaten Investitionen Antrieb verleihen. Zwar verringert sich der Überschuss der öffentlichen Haushalte durch die...
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German labour costs have risen only moderately : European comparison of trends in labour and unit labour costs in 2014 and the first two quarters of 2015
Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Joebges, Heike; Niechoj, Torsten; … - 2015
is in eighth position in the ranking of EU countries as in the previous year. With an annual rate of change of 1.8 %, the … the two sectors diverged further and is now equal to 21 %, the largest intersectoral wage gap of all the EU countries … allen EU Mitgliedsländern. Die Anpassungsprozesse der Krisenländer haben sich auch im Jahr 2014 fortgesetzt, so dass die …
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Deutsche Arbeitskosten auf Stabilitätskurs : Arbeits- und Lohnstückkostenentwicklung 2015 im europäischen Vergleich
Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Logeay, Camille; Stein, Ulrike; … - 2016
Sektoren von allen EU Mitgliedsländern.Die Anpassungsprozesse der Krisenländer haben sich auch im Jahr 2015 fortgesetzt, so ….7 Euros. The German economy is in eighth position in the ranking of EU countries, as in the previous year. With an annual rate … the two sectors still exceeds 21 %. This is the largest intersectoral wage gap of all the EU countries.The adjustment …
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Wirtschaftsflaute hält an : Prognose der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung 2019/2020
Dullien, Sebastian; Hohlfeld, Peter; Paetz, Christoph; … - 2019
Brexit, einer schwächeren konjunkturellen Dynamik in China und einer Zuspitzung des Handelskonflikts der USA mit der EU. … worsening of the trade conflict between the US and the EU. …
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Der gefährdete Aufschwung : Prognose der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung 2014/2015
Horn, Gustav A.; Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Hohlfeld, Peter; … - 2014
Die Weltkonjunktur wird im Prognosezeitraum auf einer regional breit angelegten Basis an Tempo gewinnen. So wird insbesondere das Wachstum in den USA merklich anziehen. Aber auch die Wirtschaft im Euroraum ohne Deutschland wird nach einer anfänglich nur verhaltenen Dynamik im Verlauf des...
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