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Reforming the public administration : the role of crisis and the power of bureaucracy

Asatryan, Zareh; Heinemann, Friedrich; Pitlik, Hans - 2015 - This version: July, 2015

The need to balance austerity with growth policies has put government efficiency high on the economic policy agenda in Europe. Administrative reforms which boost the efficiency of the administration can alleviate the trade-off between consolidation and public service provision. Against such...

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You can’t be happier than your wife : happiness gaps and divorce

Guven, Cahit; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...

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Was bringen kommunale Gebietsreformen? : kausale Evidenz zu Hoffnungen, Risiken und alternativen Instrumenten

Blesse, Sebastian; Rösel, Felix - 2017

Seit Jahrzehnten werden kommunale Gebietskörperschaften fusioniert, in der Hoffnung auf Kosteneinsparungen und eine höhere Leistungsfähigkeit der Verwaltung. In diesem Beitrag geben Sebastian Blesse und Felix Rösel einen Überblick über die bestehende kausale Evidenz zu den Effekten von...

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Democratisation versus accountability : should the European Parliament be given more powers?

Schwager, Robert - 1999

This paper challenges the assertion that European politics would be closer to the citizens' preferences if decision power were transferred from the Council of Ministers to the European Parliament. On the one hand, citizens benefit from a greater transparency in the Parliament's debates compared...

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Human capital creates insider power

Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - 1999

This paper demonstrates that insiders can erect barriers to entry and skim rents by sinking costs in human capital when … from the hold-up problem that arises since workers are not residual claimants of the human capital rents. On the other hand … outsiders and share the reduced rents with them. However, full employment is not necessarily reached and in any case investments …

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Democracy and compliance in public goods games

Gallier, Carlo - 2017

I investigate if, how, and why the effect of a contribution rule in a public goods game depends on how it is implemented: endogenously chosen or externally imposed. The rule prescribes full contributions to the public good backed by a nondeterrent sanction for those who do not comply. My...

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Collective wage agreements and the adjustment of workers and hours in German service firms

Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000

There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence is provided on the way collective wage agreements affect the adjustment of working hours, employment and other production factors when firms from the service sector are faced...

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Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen

Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000

Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil basiert auf der ZEW/Creditreform Konjunkturumfrage bei unternehmensnahen...

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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten

Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001

This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...

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Polarization and rising wage inequality : comparing the U.S. and Germany

Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010

This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz (1995) to separate age, time, and cohort effects. Between 1979 and 2004, wage inequality increased strongly in both the U.S. and Germany but there were various country specific...

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