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Downward real wage rigidity and equal treatment wage contracts : evidence from Germany ; conference paper
Snell, Andy; Stüber, Heiko - 2014
Theoretical models of downward real wage rigidity generate asymmetric wage cyclicality with real wages being rigid in … generate the asymmetric wage cyclicality found in the panel data. The model also can match most of the properties of wages and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010490623
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Expansionary and contractionary technology improvements : conference paper
Balleer, Almut; Enders, Zeno - 2013 - Preliminary and incomplete
This paper examines the effects of expansionary technology shocks (shocks that increase labor productivity and factor inputs) as opposed to contractionary technology shocks (shocks that increase labor productivity, but decrease factor inputs). We estimate these two shocks jointly based on a...
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Does short-time work save jobs? : a business cycle analysis ; conference paper
Balleer, Almut; Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; … - 2013
This paper analyzes the effects of short-time work (i.e., government subsidized working time reductions) on unemployment and output fluctuations. The central question is whether short-time work saves jobs in recessions. In our baseline scenario the rule based component of short-time work (i.e.,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344643
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The cyclical behaviour of employers' monopsony power and workers' wages : conference paper
Hirsch, Boris; Jahn, Elke J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2014
workers' entry wages are of similar magnitude as those predicted under monopsonistic wage setting, suggesting that monopsony … power should not be neglected when analysing wage cyclicality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485288
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Job search and the age-inequality profile : conference paper
Marotzke, Petra - 2013
retirement age into Cahuc, Postel-Vinay, and Robin s (2006) strategic wage bargaining model with counteroffers and heterogeneous … of the current match. The bargaining power parameter influences the worker's reservation wage. The model can reproduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338396
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Monitoring and pay : an experiment on contract design with endogenous monitoring ; conference paper
Dittrich, Dennis; Kocher, Martin - 2014 - Preprint submitted to Draft
whether they are complements or substitutes. Wage level, monitoring intensity, and consequently the desired enforceable effort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489889
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Decentralisation of bargaining and manufacturing employment : Sweden 1970-1996
Forslund, Anders; Lindh, Thomas - 2004
fell by more than 20 %. The decentralisation of wage bargaining that started in 1983 may have contributed to this by making … employment more shock sensitive or by increasing wage mark-ups. In Swedish plant-level data for manufacturing 1970 96 relatively … less employment is in low-productivity plants after decentralisation than before, but the correlation between industry wage …
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Income inequality in general equilibrium
Bernon, Bastien; Konings, Jozef; Magerman, Glenn - International Research Conference on Household … - 2022
We develop a quantitative framework in which income inequality arises endogenously in response to productivity shocks. The framework accommodates sectoral inputoutput linkages, arbitrary elasticities of factors and intermediates, and heterogeneous workers that endogenously choose to supply their...
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Employment security and labor market flexibility : an international perspective
Koshiro, Kazutoshi (contributor); Kōshiro, Kazuyoshi (ed.) - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000856435
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Conditional patterns of unemployment dynamics in Germany : conference paper
Nordmeier, Daniela; Weber, Enzo - 2013
This paper studies the conditional patterns of unemployment dynamics in Germany. We employ a structural VAR model and identify a technology shock and two policy shocks by using standard restrictions. Interestingly, the worker reallocation process varies substantially with the identified shocks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336262