Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 77
Cover Image
Globalization, Fertility and Marital Behavior in a Lowest-Low Fertility Setting
Giuntella, Osea; Rotunno, Lorenzo; Stella, Luca - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to … greater import competition from Eastern Europe led to worse labor market outcomes and lower fertility rates. In contrast …, workers in industries that benefited from increased exports had better employment prospects and higher fertility. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334338
Cover Image
Skill Depreciation during Unemployment : Evidence from Panel Data
Cohen, Jonathan P.; Johnston, Andrew; Lindner, Attila - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use a panel of survey responses linked to administrative data in Germany to measure the depreciation of skills while workers are unemployed. Both the reemployment hazard rate and reemployment earnings steadily fall with unemployment duration, and indicators of depression and loneliness rise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250138
Cover Image
Transition Dynamics in Vintage Capital Models : Explaining the Postwar Catch-Up of Germany and Japan
Gilchrist, Simon - 2004
We consider a neoclassical interpretation of Germany and Japan's rapid postwar growth that relies on a catch-up mechanism through capital accumulation where technology is embodied in new capital goods. Using a putty-clay model of production and investment, we are able to capture many of the key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467958
Cover Image
Management Practices, Workforce Selection and Productivity
Bender, Stefan - 2016
Recent research suggests that much of the cross-firm variation in measured productivity is due to differences in use of advanced management practices. Many of these practices - including monitoring, goal setting, and the use of incentives - are mediated through employee decision-making and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456573
Cover Image
Global Trends in Income Inequality and Income Dynamics : New Insights from GRID
Guvenen, Fatih; Pistaferri, Luigi; Violante, Giovanni L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) is a new open-access, cross- country database that contains a wide range of micro statistics on income inequality, dynamics, and mobility. It has four key characteristics: it is built on micro panel data drawn from administrative records; it fully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388880
Cover Image
From Socialist Showcase to Mezzogiorno? Lessons on the Role of Technical Change from East Germany's Post-World War II Growth Performance
Keller, Wolfgang - 1997
In this paper we emphasize the contribution of technical change, broadly defined, towards productivity growth in explaining the relative East Germany-West Germany performance during the post-World War II era. We argue that previous work was excessively focused on physical capital investments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472735
Cover Image
Long-term Care in Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Börsch-Supan, Axel; Haan, Peter; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This chapter provides an overview of the German long-term care insurance. We document care needs and wellbeing of the elderly population. Moreover, we provide a detailed description of the German long-term care institutions (sources of finance and types of benefits), the professional care work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437001
Cover Image
When Will the Germans Get Trapped in their Pension System?
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2001
The upcoming demographic crisis in Germany demands fundamental reforms of the pension system. In a democracy, reforms are, however, only feasible when they are supported by the majority of the electorate. To determine whether the majority is in favor of reforms of the pension system, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470215
Cover Image
Aging in Germany and the United States : International Comparisons
Borsch-Supan, Axel - 1993
This paper reports on a set of international comparisons of how the German and the U.S. economies are affected by population aging. The paper's main focus is on the influence of institutional arrangements such as government regulations and subsidies on retirement, savings and housing choices in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474412
Cover Image
The Dynamics of an Aging Population : The Case of Four OECD Countries
Auerbach, Alan J. - 1989
Demographic changes, such as those anticipated in most OECD countries, have many economics effects that impinge on a country's fiscal viability. Evaluation of the effects of associated changes in capital-labor ratios and the welfare and behavior of different generations requires the use of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012476222