Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences in the tax transfersystem, we perform a comparative micro simulation exercise. After estimating structural labor supply models of both countries, we interchange ...
This paper offers a cartel explanation for the stability of German collective bargaining institutions. We show that a dense net of legal safeguards has been woven around the wage-setting cartel. These measures make deviation by cartel insiders less attractive and simultaneously erect entry barriers for alternative unions. As we argue, many recent labor policy measures, which make wages more flexible, ...
This study examines the relationship between individual risk aversion and reservation wages using a novel set of direct measures of individual risk attitudes from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We find that risk aversion has a significantly negative impact on the level of reservation wages. Moreover, we show that the elasticity of the reservation wage with respect to unemployment benefits ...
Bargaining theory suggests that married women who experience a relative improvement in their labour market position should experience a comparative gain within their marriage. However, if renegotiation possibilities are limited by institutional mechanisms that achieve long-term commitment, the opposite may be true, particularly if women are specialized in household activities and the labour market ...
Im Auftrag der Deutschen Bahn AG (DB) hat die DIW econ, eine Consulting-Tochter des DIW Berlin, die Löhne der Lokomotivführer der DB mit den Einkommen abhängig Beschäftigter in anderen Wirtschaftszweigen und in anderen Verkehrsberufen verglichen. In die Untersuchung einbezogen wurden auch die Löhne der Lokomotivführer in privaten deutschen Eisenbahnunternehmen sowie in Bahnunternehmen anderer Länder. ...
