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54
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Magnus
Lofstrom
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Labor Market Assimilation and the Self-Employment Decision of Immigrant Entrepreneurs
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self-employed immigrants. Separate earnings functions for the self-employed and wage/salary workers are ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2002, 15 (1), 83-114)
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J15 J23 J61
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53
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Joop
Hartog
Pedro
T.
Pereira
José
António Cabral
Vieira
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Inter-industry Wage Dispersion in Portugal: high but falling
This paper examines the size of inter-industry wage dispersion in Portugal and compares with other countries. We find that the country has a high inter-industry wage inequality compared with the ...
(published as 'Inter-industry Wage Dispersion in Portugal' in: Empirica, 2000, 27 (4), 353-364)
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J31
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52
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Jochen
Mayer
Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Count Data Models
This study applies count data estimation techniques to investigate the fertility adjustment of immigrants in the destination country. Data on completed fertility are taken from the 1996 wave of the ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2000, 13 (2), 241-262)
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C25 J13 J61
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51
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Alan
Barrett
Philip
J.
O'Connell
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Does Training Generally Work? The Returns to In-Company Training
This paper applies the familiar theoretical distinction between general and specific training to the empirical task of estimating the returns to in-company training. Using a firm-level dataset which ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2001, 54 (3), 647-662)
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J24
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50
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Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Ethnic German Migration since 1989 - Results and Perspectives/ Aussiedler seit 1989 - Bilanz und Perspektiven
Among all European countries, Germany absorbs by far the largest number of immigrants. But to date, the German government has yet to adopt a system that will effectively control the influx of ...
(published in: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, 2000, 1, 225-237)
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J61 J68
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49
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Hans Peter
Grüner
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Unemployment and Labor-Market Reform: A Contract Theoretic Approach
Why do many democracies fail to reform their labor market institutions? We study the feasibility of reforms that include the compensation of the insiders for the removal of labor market regulations. ...
(published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2002, 104 (4), 641-656)
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D70 E61 J68
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48
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Thomas
K.
Bauer
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Overtime Work and Overtime Compensation in Germany
Sharing the available stock of work more fairly is a popular concern in the public policy debate. One policy proposal is to reduce overtime work in order to allow the employment of more people. This ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 46 (4), 419-436)
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J22 J23 J33
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46
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Ralph
Rotte
Michael
Vogler
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The Effects of Development on Migration: Theoretical Issues and New Empirical Evidence
Empirical research on the determinants of international migration including the LDCs has so far neglected one important issue: the complex relationship of development and migration. Since the ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2000, 13(3), 485-508)
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F22 O15 O19
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44
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David
N.F.
Bell
Robert
A.
Hart
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Overtime Working in an Unregulated Labour Market
Using individual-level data on male non-managerial workers from the 1996 British New Earnings Survey, we estimate overtime hours and average premium pay equations. Among other issues, four broad ...
(published as "Wages, hours, and overtime premia: evidence from the British labor market" in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2003, 56 (3), 470-480)
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J33 J38
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42
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Daniel
S.
Hamermesh
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The Changing Distribution of Job Satisfaction
The distribution of job satisfaction widened across cohorts of young men in the U.S. between 1978 and 1988, and between 1978 and 1996, in ways correlated with changing wage inequality. Satisfaction ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2001, 36 (1), 1-30)
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J28
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41
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Mike
Orszag
Dennis
J.
Snower
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Anatomy of Policy Complementarities
The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the ...
(published in: Swedish Economic Policy Review, 1998, 5(2), 303-343)
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E61 E62 H21 H23 H53 H55 H61 I30 J64 J68
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40
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Stefan
M.
Golder
Thomas
Straubhaar
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Empirical Findings on the Swiss Migration Experience
Switzerland has experienced a substantial influx of immigrants over the last 50 years after World War II, which has led Switzerland to have among the highest share of foreigners in population among ...
(published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.): European Migration - What Do We Know?, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005)
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D33 F22 J24 J31 J61
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39
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Assar
Lindbeck
Dennis
J.
Snower
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Multi-Task Learning and the Reorganization of Work. From Tayloristic to Holistic Organization
The paper analyzes the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work within firms. We emphasize the shift from a Tayloristic organization of work (characterized by significant ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2000, 18 (3), 353-376)
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J23 J24 L23 M12 O33
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38
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Melanie
E.
Ward-Warmedinger
Peter J.
Sloane
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Job Satisfaction within the Scottish Academic Profession
This paper considers job satisfaction in the academic labour market drawing upon a particularly detailed data set of 900 academics from five traditional Scottish Universities. Recent studies have ...
(published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 47 (3), 273-303)
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J44
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35
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David
A.
Jaeger
Ann
Huff
Stevens
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Is Job Stability in the United States Falling?
Documenting trends in job stability over the past twenty-five years has become a controversial exercise. The two main sources of information on employer tenure, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 1999, 17 (s4), S1-S28)
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J23 J63
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34
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Patrick
A.
Puhani
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Labour Mobility - An Adjustment Mechanism in Euroland?
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether labour mobility is likely to act as a sufficient adjustment mechanism in the face of asymmetric shocks in Euroland. To this end, we estimate the ...
(published as 'Labour Mobility: An Adjustment Mechanism in Euroland? Empirical Evidence for Western Germany, France and Italy' in: German Economic Review, 2001, 2 (2),127-140)
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E66 J61 P52
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33
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Assar
Lindbeck
Dennis
J.
Snower
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Price Dynamics and Production Lags
This paper provides a new explanation of why inflation is sluggish in response to aggregate demand shocks and why aggregate output changes as result of such shocks. We argue that these phenomena are ...
(published in: American Economic Review, 1999, 89 (2), 81-88)
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E12 E23 E24 E31 E32 E52
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32
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Svenn-Åge
Dahl
Øivind
Anti
Nilsen
Kjell
Vaage
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Work or Retirement? Exit Routes for Norwegian Elderly
In this paper we analyze early retirement pathways for Norwegian male and female workers. We apply a multinomial logit model to a data set covering more than 10 500 employees, ages 56-61, in 1989. ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2000, 32(14), 1865-1876)
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J26 C23 C25
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31
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Christoph
M.
Schmidt
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Persistence and the German Unemployment Problem: Empirical Evidences on German Labor Market Flows
Using a retrospective monthly calendarium of individuals’ major economic activities, this paper characterizes the monthly employment and unemployment rates and the monthly transition intensities ...
(published in: Economie et Statistique, 2000, 332/333, 83-95)
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J63 J64 J21
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30
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Jochen
Kluve
Hartmut
Lehmann
Christoph
M.
Schmidt
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Active Labor Market Policies in Poland: Human Capital Enhancement, Stigmatization or Benefit Churning
This paper provides micro-econometric evidence on the effectiveness of Active Labor Market Policies (ALMP) in Poland. We sketch the theoretical framework of matching estimators as a substitute for ...
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27 (1), 61-89)
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C41 J68
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27
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Espen
Bratberg
Øivind
Anti
Nilsen
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Transition from School to Work: Search Time and Job Duration
We consider the early labour market experience of young persons. Using a large data sample of Norwegian individuals finishing education in 1989-91, we analyze the transition from school to work and ...
(published as 'Transitions from School to Work and the Early Labour Market Experience' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 62, 909-929)
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I21 J31 J64 C34 C41
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26
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Dominik
Enste
Friedrich
Schneider
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Increasing Shadow Economies all over the World - Fiction or Reality?
Using various methods (currency demand, physical input (electricity) measure, model approach), which are discussed and criticized, estimates about the size of 67 developing, transition and OECD ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2000, 38 (1), 77-114)
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O17 O5 D78 H2 H26
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25
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Kerry
L.
Papps
Rainer
Winkelmann
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Unemployment and Crime: New Answers to an Old Question
This paper uses panel data techniques to examine the relationship between unemployment and a range of categories of crime in New Zealand. The data cover sixteen regions over the period 1984 to 1996. ...
(published in: New Zealand Economic Papers, 2000, 34 (2), 53-72)
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J68
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24
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Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
Michael
C.
Burda
Jürgen
von Hagen
Kai
A.
Konrad
Friedrich
Schneider
Gert
G.
Wagner
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Petersberger Erklaerung: Anstoesse fuer eine zukunftsgerichtete Arbeitsmarktpolitik
In this paper six authors propose guidelines for German labor market policy, to overcome current discouragement and lead to a new balance of social security and individual competetiveness. Crucial ...
(published in: Wirtschaftsdienst, 1998, 78 (11), 652-653)
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J00
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21
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Jan
Ondrich
C.
Katharina
Spieß
Qing
Yang
Gert
G.
Wagner
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The Liberalisation of Maternity Leave Policy and the Return to the Work of Childbirth in Germany
German federal law has increased the potential duration of maternity leave five times since 1985. A theoretical model is presented that demonstates that the return to work hazard rate declines a ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2003, 1 (1-2), 77-110)
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J13
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20
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Thomas
K.
Bauer
Pedro
T.
Pereira
Michael
Vogler
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Portuguese Migrants in the German Labor Market: Performance and Self-Selection
Using a large new dataset, we analyze the labor market performance of Portuguese workers in Germany. While previous work compares wages and characteristics of migrants only to those of the natives, ...
(published in: International Migration Review, 2002, 36 (2), 467-491)
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F22 J61
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19
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Catherine
Y.
Co
Ira
N.
Gang
Myeong-Su
Yun
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Returns to Returning: Who Went Abroad and What Does it Matter?
We examine the labor market performance of return migrants using the Hungarian Household Panel Survey. Two distinct selection issues are considered in the estimation of the earnings equation. The ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics 2000, 13 (1), 57-79)
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J61 J24 F22
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17
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Brent
Kreider
Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Applications to the U.S. Disability System: A Semiparametric Approach for Men and Women
This study investigates the determinants of applications for U.S. disability benefits between 1986 and 1993 using a semiparametric discrete factor procedure separately for men and women. ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2000, 35(1), 82-115)
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H55 J26
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15
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Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Immigration Participation in Social Assistance Programs
The share of foreigners in the German social assistance program exceeds their population share and continues to grow. This study tests whether higher foreigner welfare dependence is due to ...
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2004, 50 (4), 329–362)
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I38 J68
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14
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Richard
Hauser
Gert
G.
Wagner
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Memorandum: Erfolgsbedingungen empirischer Wirtschaftsforschung und empirisch gestuetzter wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Beratung
Based on the hypothesis that microdata are of crucial importance for internationally competitiveeconomic research and scientific advice in economic and social policy, the authorsdevelop various ...
(published as 'Erfolgsbedingungen empirischer Wirtschaftsforschung und empirisch gestutzter wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Beratung. Ein Memorandum' in: Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv / Journal of the German Statistical Society, 1998, 82 (3), 369-379)
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C81 C82
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11
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Thomas
K.
Bauer
Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Employment Effects of Payroll Taxes - An Empirical Test for Germany
This study tests to what degree the incidence of payroll taxes in Germany is on employment and whether in consequence payroll taxes, in particular social insurance contributions, are the culprit ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 2002, 34 (7), 865-876)
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J23 J32 H32
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10
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Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Income and Employment Effects of Health Shocks - A Test Case for the German Welfare State
Using data from the first eleven waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel this study investigates the dynamic effects of health shocks on employment and economic well-being of older workers. A health ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 1999, 12 (3), 363-389)
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I10 J21 J26 J28
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8
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Ralph
Rotte
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Das Entsendegesetz: Suendenfall oder Loesung des Arbeitslosigkeitsproblems?
In March 1996, the Bundestag introduced a minimum wage law for the German construction business in order to protect native workers from low wage competition by posted workers from other EU countries. ...
(published in: Staatswissenschaften und Staatspraxis, 1998, 9 (2), 191-208)
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J49 J61 J68
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7
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Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt: Eine oekonomische Perspektive
Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country=s labor market. The most important ...
(published in: Boesler, Klaus-Achim/ Heinritz, Günter/ Wiessner, Reinhard (Hrsg.), Europa zwischen Integration und Regionalismus, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 1998, 56-66)
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F22 J31 J61 J64 J68
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6
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Regina
T.
Riphahn
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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The Mortality Crisis in East Germany
A number of studies suggest that mortality rates among East German men increased in the wake of reunification, in particular between 1989 and 1991, in some age groups by up to the thirty percent. ...
(published in: G. A. Cornia ; R. Paniccià (eds.), The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies, Oxford, 2000, 227-252)
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I12 J11
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5
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David
M.
Blau
Regina
T.
Riphahn
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Labor Force Transitions of Older Married Couples in Germany
This study investigates the labor force behavior of older married couples in Germany. Monthly observations from the first eleven waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) are used to describe ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 1999, 6 (2), 229-251)
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H55 J26
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4
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Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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German Job Mobility and Wages
The paper investigates the relative importance of job mobility for wages in comparison with human capital framework and the industry approach. Using German panel data, changes of workplaces within ...
(published in: Ohashi, Isao/ Tachibanaki, Toshiaki (eds.), International Labour Markets, Incentives and Employment, Macmillan Press LTD, Houndsmills, 1998, 300-332)
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J31 J62
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2
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Rudolf
Winter-Ebmer
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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East-West Trade and Migration: The Austro-German Case
Trade and migration have become more important in recent years for Austria and Germany. The transition in Central and Eastern Europe has played an important role in this development. The derived ...
(published in: R. Faini / J. de Melo / K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), Migration. The Controversies and the Evidence, Cambridge, 1999, 296-327)
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F14 J61 J64
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1
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Rainer
Winkelmann
Klaus
F.
Zimmermann
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Is Job Stability Declining in Germany? Evidences from Count Data Models
The macro evidence of increased adjustment pressure since the early seventies suggests that job mobility should have increased. Hence, retrospective and spell data from the German Socio-Economic ...
(published in: Applied Economics, 1998, 30 (11), 1413-1420)
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J6
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