We present a model that integrates the discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium setting where wages are determined by sectoral bargaining between firms and trade unions.…
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries…
In diesem Beitrag werden Ausmaß und Konsequenzen von nominalen und tariflichen Lohnrigiditäten mikroökonomisch und mikroökonometrisch untersucht. Die Analyse verdeutlicht, dass in Deutschland Lohnrigiditäten…
In Deutschland stellen Personen, die ihre Berufsausbildung im Rahmen des dualen Systems oder durch den Besuch einer Berufsfachschule erworben haben, das Rückgrat der Beschäftigung dar. Trotz seiner Bedeutung…
The huge difference in the level and variance of student performance in the 2000 PISA study between Finland and Germany motivates this paper. It analyses why Finnish students performed so much better by…
This paper examines the determinants of employment changes due to an environmental innovation of a establishment. The data stem from telephone surveys in five European countries. 1594 interviews have been…