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Downward nominal wage rigidity in services: direct evidence from a firm survey
Radowski, Daniel; Bonin, Holger - 2009
The paper uses a new German employer survey on wage setting practices to analyze incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services vs. manufacturing. We observe that wage freezes are significantly more frequent and wage cuts less frequent in services. Reasons preventing wage cuts...
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Analytical Prediction of Transitions Probabilities in the Conditional Logit Model
Bonin, Holger; Schneider, Hilmar - 2004
social insurance reform in Germany suggest that previous calibration-based results accurately indicate the direction of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261783
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Native-migrant differences in risk attitudes
Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie F.; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2006
This paper questions the perceived wisdom that migrants are more risk-loving than the native population. We employ a new large German survey of direct individual risk measures to find that first-generation migrants have lower risk attitudes than natives, which only equalize in the second generation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272328
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Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Bonin, Holger - 2004
provisions on worker flows. In contrast to the predictions of the theory, our results indicate that there are no statistically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261862
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Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes : Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?
Bonin, Holger - 2004
Die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes ist ein wesentliches Element der im Januar 2004 in Deutschland in Kraft gesetzten …A key feature of the recent labor market reforms in Germany is liberalization of dismissal protection legislation. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261863
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Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland
Bonin, Holger; Arnds, Pascal - 2003
Germany faces a demographic aging process which affects the working-age population first. This paper surveys some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262234
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Frühverrentung in Deutschland: Ökonomische Anreize und institutionelle Strukturen
Arnds, Pascal; Bonin, Holger - 2003
Das durchschnittliche Rentenzugangsalter in Deutschland liegt erheblich unter der gesetzlichen Regelaltersgrenze … labor market policies and Social Security institutions. We explain the various pathways to retirement existing in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262235
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Household Labor Supply Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies in Germany
Schneider, Hilmar; Kempe, Wolfram; Bonin, Holger - 2002
This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate a discrete choice model of household labor supply. On the basis of the estimated labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262335
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Fiskalische Effekte der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland: Eine Generationenbilanz
Bonin, Holger - 2001
Deutschland. Mit Hilfe der Generationenbilanzierung werden die Nettosteuerzahlungen von Zuwanderern von ihrer Ankunft im … Aufnahmeland bis an ihr Lebensende geschätzt. Wenn künftige Einwanderer der heute in Deutschland lebenden Ausländerbevölkerung …The paper employs generational accounting to analyze the intertemporal fiscal impact of immigration to Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262511
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Will it Last? An Assessment of the 2001 German Pension Reform
Bonin, Holger - 2001
In May 2001, Germany adopted a fundamental pension reform cutting back public pensions and introducing personal pension …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262550