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Against the background of the current discussion of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper analyzes the potential employment and fiscal effects of such a policy. Based on estimated labor demand elasticities obtained from a structural labor demand model, the empirical results imply that minimum wages in Germany will be associated with significant employment losses among marginal and low- and ...
In:
German Economic Review
10 (2009), 2, 224-242
| Thomas K. Bauer, Jochen Kluve, Sandra Schaffner, Christoph M. Schmidt
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In:
Torben Tranæs, Klaus F. Zimmermann ,
Migrants, Work, and the Welfare State
Odense: University Press of Southern Denkmark
406-426
| Thomas K. Bauer, Niels-Kenneth Nielsen
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In this article, a decomposition method for Tobit models is derived, which allows the differences in observed outcome variables between two groups to be decomposed into a part that is explained by differences in observed characteristics and a part attributable to differences in the estimated coefficients. Monte Carlo simulations demonstrate that in the case of censored dependent variables this decomposition ...
In:
Applied Economics
42 (2010), 12, 1569 - 1575
| Thomas K. Bauer, Mathias Sinning
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This paper examines the relative savings position of migrant households in West Germany, paying particular attention to differences between temporary and permanent migrants.Our findings reveal significant differences in the savings rates between foreign-born and German-born individuals. These differences disappear, however, for temporary migrants, if their remittances are taken into account. The results ...
In:
Journal of Population Economics
24 (2011), 2, 421-449
| Thomas K. Bauer, Mathias Sinning
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This paper examines the purpose of remittances using individual data of migrants in Germany. Particular attention is paid to migrants' savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who intend to stay in Germany only temporarily have a higher propensity to save and save larger amounts in their home country than permanent migrants. A similar picture ...
In:
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik
229 (2009), 6, 730-742
| Thomas K. Bauer, Mathias G. Sinning
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In:
Rob van der Erf, Liesbeth Heering ,
International Migration. Proceedings of a workshop, Luxembourg, 14-16. December 1994
Luxemburg: Eurostat
95-115
| Thomas K. Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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In:
International Migration Review
31 (1997), 1, 143-149
| Thomas K. Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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In:
The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (Special Issue)
37 (1997), 361-377
| Thomas K. Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Bonn:
Institut for the Study of Labor (IZA),
1999,
(IZA DP No. 58)
| Thomas K. Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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In:
Scottish Journal of Political Economy
46 (1999), 4, 419-436
| Thomas K. Bauer, Klaus F. Zimmermann