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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence : first evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020
This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness ( six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267172
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The effects of an increase in the retirement age on health : evidence from administrative data
Barschkett, Mara; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; … - 2021
-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191363
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Sleep quality and the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in five European countries
Jabakhanji, Samira; Lepinteur, Anthony; Menta, Giorgia; … - 2022 - This version: September 2022
, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden between April 2020 and June 2021. Our results are robust to a battery of sensitivity tests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013382278
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Alcohol and short-run mortality : evidence from a modern-day prohibition
Barron, Kai; Bradshaw, Debbie; Parry, Charles D. H.; … - 2021
On July 13, 2020 a complete nation-wide ban was placed on the sale and transport of alcohol in South Africa. This paper evaluates the impact of this sudden and unexpected five-week alcohol prohibition on mortality due to unnatural causes. We find that the policy reduced the number of unnatural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500339
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Labour mobility - an adjustment mechanism in Euroland? : empirical evidence for Western Germany, France, and Italy
Puhani, Patrick A. - 1999
European Union. Regression results are provided for Western Germany, France, and Italy. It is shown that labour mobility is … highest in Germany, followed by France, and Italy. However, even in Germany, the accommodation of a shock to unemployment by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428271
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The impact of a negative labor demand shock on fertility : evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall
Liepmann, Hannah - 2018
How does a negative labor demand shock impact fertility? I analyze this question in the context of the East German fertility decline after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I exploit differential pressure for restructuring across East German industries which led to unexpected, exogenous, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011899160
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Das Wachstum junger Unternehmen : eine Bestandsaufnahme 10 Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung
Almus, Matthias - 2001
Unternehmensgründungen in Deutschland leistet. Aber auch andere unternehmens- und unternehmerbezogene sowie unternehmensexterne Faktoren …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001594764
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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962861
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The 2011 break in the part-time indicator and the evolution of wage inequality in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Seidlitz, Arnim - 2019
break. Using the correction, the paper confirms that the rise in wage inequality among full-time workers in West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053325
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Wachstumsdeterminanten junger Unternehmen in den alten und neuen Bundesländern : ein Vergleich zwischen innovativen und nicht-innovativen Unternehmen
Almus, Matthias; Engel, Dirk; Nerlinger, Eric - 1999
The paper deals with growth determinants of innovative and noninnovative start-ups in Eastern and Western Germany … external factors on the other side, influencing growth of start-ups in Eastern and Western Germany in different strength …. Higher growth rates can be observed in firms from Western Germany compared with their Eastern German counterparts. Comparing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428226