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The Impact of German Job Protection Legislation on Job Creation in Small Establishments - An Application of the Regression Discontinuity Design
Merz, Joachim - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 2005
One proposal frequently raised to increase flexibility of the German labour market is the liberalization of the job protection law. It applies to those establishments with more than a cut-off number of employees. The argument examined in this paper is that this step in legal regulation hinders...
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Start-up success of freelancers : new microeconometric evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel
Merz, Joachim (contributor); Paic, Peter (contributor) - 2006
If certain start-up characteristics will indicate a business success, knowing such characteristics could generate more successful start-ups and more efficient start-up counseling. Our study will contribute to this by quantifying individual success determinants of freelance start-ups. The data...
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Are self-employed really happier than employees? : an approach modelling adaptation and anticipation effects to self-employment and general job changes
Hanglberger, Dominik; Merz, Joachim - 2011
Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self-employed than for employees. We argue that those estimates in previous studies might be biased by neglecting anticipation and adaptation effects. For testing we specify several...
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Struktur und quantitative Bedeutung anhand der ersten Ergebnisse für die neuen und alten Bundesländer 1991
Merz, Joachim; Kirsten, Dagmar - 1995
Aufbauphase im vereinten Deutschland 1991 auch über den Tag hinaus von grundlegender Bedeutung. -- Freie Berufe im Mikrozensus I … the quantitativesignificance of Professions in the early stage of the unified Germany will be pointed out having a look at … different approaches regarding the western parts and the former eastern communist areas of the unified Germany. Further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667619
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Time use dynamics in paid work and household activities of married women : a panel analysis with household information and regional labour demand
Merz, Joachim - 1992
The dynamics of multiple time use in paid work and in household activities with housework, child rearing and DIY of married women are analyzed with a two step procedure: the estimation of the participation decision in intertemporal labor force participation strategies (entering, leaving the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667633
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Einkommen und Einkommensverteilung anhand der ersten Ergebnisse für die neuen und alten Bundesländer 1991
Merz, Joachim; Kirsten, Dagmar - 1995
concerning the western parts and the former eastern communist areas of the unified Germany. It follows the elementary paper about …
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The distribution of income of self-employed, entrepreneurs and professions as revealed from micro income tax statistics in Germany
Merz, Joachim - 2000
driving factor to "explain" the overall income distribution and inequality picture of the re-unified Germany; it is the within … Verteilungs- und Ungleichheitsbild im wiedervereinigten Deutschland zu erklären vermag; es ist die "breite" Verteilung innerhalb …
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Extended income inequality and poverty dynamics of labour market and household activities : a ten years microanalysis with the German socio-economic panel
Merz, Joachim; Kirsten, Dagmar - 1998
Labour market dynamics according the individual working hour tension (preferred working hours minus actual working hours) of active people with focus on the self-employed, as professions and entrepreneurs, and employees are investigated in our study. The individual longitudinal analysis based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009674603
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Wer bezahlt die Steuern? : Steuerbelastung und Einkommenssituation von freien und anderen Berufen
Merz, Joachim; Quiel, Thorsten; Venkatarama, Kshama - 1998
interest. After discussing the possibilities and availability of tax information in Germany, in particular for professions, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009674604
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Preferred vs. actual working hours : a ten years paneleconometric analysis for professions, entrepreneurs and employees in Germany
Merz, Joachim; Lang, Rainer - 1997
Labour market dynamics according the individual working hour tension (preferred working hours minus actual working hours) of active people with focus on the self-employed, as professions and entrepreneurs, and employees are investigated in our study. The individual longitudinal analysis based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009674605