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This paper attempts to add to the understanding of the causes for the differing recent developments in inequality in … these shocks and countryspecific institutions are responsible for the diverging inequality patterns. The paper suggests a … to be responsible for the divergent developments in inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262516
This paper attempts to add to the understanding of the causes for the differing recent developments in inequality in … these shocks and country-specific institutions are responsible for the diverging inequality patterns. The paper suggests a … to be responsible for the divergent developments in inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703528
Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for 1994-2005. We analyze cross-sectional income and consumption inequality and find that inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269374
Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for 1994-2005. We analyze cross-sectional income and consumption inequality and find that inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004571
Working time accounts (WTAs) allow firms to smooth hours worked over time. This paper analyzes whether this increase in flexibility has also affected how firms adjust employment in Germany. Using a rich microeconomic dataset, we show that firms with WTAs show a similar separation and hiring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513183
Working time accounts (WTAs) allow firms to smooth hours worked over time. This paper analyzes whether this increase in flexibility has also affected how firms adjust employment in Germany. Using a rich microeconomic dataset, we show that firms with WTAs show a similar separation and hiring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196653
In this survey, we review the quantitative macroeconomic literature analyzing consumer debt and default. We start by providing an overview of consumer bankruptcy law in the US and document the relevant institutional changes over time. We proceed with a comprehensive empirical section, describing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180159
To innovate, employees need to develop novel ideas and coordinate with each other to turn these ideas into better products and services. Work outcomes provide signals about employees' abilities to the labor market, and therefore career concerns arise. These can both be 'good' (enhancing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271239
Using North American data, we revisit the question first broached by Krueger (1993) and re-examined by DiNardo and Pischke (1997) of whether there exists a real wage differential associated with computer use. Employing a mixed effects model to correct for both worker and workplace unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273836
This research applies a task-based approach to measure and interpret changes in the employment structure of the 168 largest US cities in the period 1990-2009. As a result of technological change some tasks can be placed at distance, while others require proximity. We construct a measure of task...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352294