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27 Espen Bratberg
Øivind Anti Nilsen
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)
I21 J31 J64 C34 C41
26 Dominik Enste
Friedrich Schneider
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)
O17 O5 D78 H2 H26
25 Kerry L. Papps
Rainer Winkelmann
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)
J68
24 Klaus F. Zimmermann
Michael C. Burda
Jürgen von Hagen
Kai A. Konrad
Friedrich Schneider
Gert G. Wagner
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)
J00
21 Jan Ondrich
C. Katharina Spieß
Qing Yang
Gert G. Wagner
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)
J13
20 Thomas K. Bauer
Pedro T. Pereira
Michael Vogler
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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)
F22 J61
19 Catherine Y. Co
Ira N. Gang
Myeong-Su Yun
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)
J61 J24 F22
17 Brent Kreider
Regina T. Riphahn
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)
H55 J26
15 Regina T. Riphahn
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)
I38 J68
14 Richard Hauser
Gert G. Wagner
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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)
C81 C82
11 Thomas K. Bauer
Regina T. Riphahn
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)
J23 J32 H32
10 Regina T. Riphahn
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)
I10 J21 J26 J28
8 Ralph Rotte
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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)
J49 J61 J68
7 Klaus F. Zimmermann
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)
F22 J31 J61 J64 J68
6 Regina T. Riphahn
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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)
I12 J11
5 David M. Blau
Regina T. Riphahn
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)
H55 J26
4 Klaus F. Zimmermann
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)
J31 J62
2 Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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)
F14 J61 J64
1 Rainer Winkelmann
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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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