Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik

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Volume 236 Issue 1 -

Issue of Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik

Contents
Journal Overview

Publicly Available July 2, 2016

Editorial

Publicly Available February 13, 2016

Original Papers

Publicly Available July 2, 2016

Migration and Regional Wage Disparities in Germany

Tanja Fendel

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This study provides an analysis of the effect of migration and commuting on regional wage disparities in Germany. Using the INKAR dataset and the GSOEP from the years 1998 to 2009, dynamic GMM panel estimations are applied to consider dynamics as well as the simultaneity between migration and regional labor market circumstances. To begin with, the influence of migration on relative wage levels is analyzed. The results show a small positive wage effect due to the overall regional migration balance. However, only domestic migration is relevant for analyzing the influence of migration on regional wage disparities. The wage effect due to domestic migration turns out to be smaller and negative. Regions seem to benefit primary from a combination of internal and foreign migration, however effects are small. Assuming that individuals usually move to high-wage regions, the negative wage effect of German migration would trigger an adjustment mechanism of wage disparities. Therefore, a second dynamic GMM panel estimation tests whether an influence of the regional wage levels on migration exists. Results show no statistically significant effects. An adjustment of existing wage disparities due to migration is not likely to occur in Germany in the next few years.

Publicly Available July 2, 2016

A Sequential Decomposition of the Drop in Collective Bargaining Coverage

Bernd Fitzenberger, Katrin Sommerfeld

Page range: 37-69

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Union representation has been in strong decline in most OECD countries with potentially important consequences for wages. What drives this decline? We try to answer this question by developing and implementing a detailed Fairlie decomposition approach. Using linked employer-employee data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey for 2001 and 2006, we document a sharp drop in collective bargaining coverage that amounts to 17 percentage points for males and 20 percentage points for females in West, and 8 and 14 percentage points, respectively, in East Germany. We find that neither changes in the characteristics nor changes in the coefficients associated with the characteristics as a whole provide an explanation for the drop in collective bargaining coverage. The drop in coverage is the result of an unexplained time trend.

Publicly Available July 2, 2016

Does German Development Aid boost German Exports and German Employment? A Sectoral Level Analysis

Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann, Stephan Klasen, Florian Johannsen

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This paper uses an augmented gravity model of trade to investigate the link between German development aid and sectoral exports from Germany to aid recipient countries with data from 1978–2011. The findings indicate that in the long run each dollar of German aid is associated with an average increase of US$ 0.83 US of German goods exports. The sectors that benefit the most in terms of exports and employment are machinery, electrical equipment and transport equipment. According to our estimates using input-output analysis and a partial equilibrium framework, the aid-induced gains in sectoral exports are associated with the gross employment of approximately 216,000 people.

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Partially Anticipated Monetary Policy Shocks – Are They Stabilizing or Destabilizing?

Sven Offick, Hans-Werner Wohltmann

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This paper uses a dynamic framework of a small open economy to study the volatility effects of partially anticipated monetary policy shocks in which the public has imperfect information about the size and/or the timing of the future expansionary policy intervention. Our two main results are as follows: (i) Partially anticipated monetary policy shocks may be stabilizing, i. e. lead to a lower volatility than a fully anticipated monetary policy shock of the same form. (ii) However, we typically obtain a trade off in volatilities such that a simultaneous stabilization of inflation and output is not possible. If the public underestimates (overestimates) the size of the shock, output (inflation) may be stabilized. Our results imply that the central bank may have an incentive to withhold information from the public about the true central bank’s intention.

Data Observer

Open Access July 2, 2016

The German Time Series Dataset, 1834–2012

Thomas Rahlf

Page range: 129-143

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Book Reviews

Publicly Available July 2, 2016

Hanushek, Eric A., Ludger Woessmann: The Knowledge Capital of Nations Education and the Economics of Growth

Wolfgang Franz

Page range: 145-147

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Publicly Available July 2, 2016

Stern, Nicholas: Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change

Max Meulemann

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About this journal

The Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik) is a scientific journal published in Germany since 1863. The journal publishes papers in all fields of economics and applied statistics. A specific focus is on papers combining theory with empirical analyses. Papers providing conclusions for economic policy in Europe are particularly welcome. Nevertheless, distinguished papers dealing exlusively with economic theory, empirical models, or economic history, will not be excluded from consideration.

The editors invite replication studies focusing on the robustness of empirical findings. The section Data Observer presents articles on data sets available for empirical research and institutions providing research data. The journal also publishes special issues, short comments, and book reviews. All freely accessible contributions, including the Data Observer articles, can be found via the website's article search functionality.

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Call for Papers

Special Issue on "Sports Economics"

Guest Editors: Bernd Frick, Paderborn University; Thomas Peeters, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Rob Simmons, Lancaster University

Timeline: Submission of full papers November 30, 2023

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Special Issue on "Advancing Agent-Based Economics"

Guest Editors: Michael Neugart, Technical University of Darmstadt) and Frank Westerhoff, University of Bamberg

Timeline: Submission of full papers December 31, 2023

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Special Issue on "Central Bank Digital Currency"

Guest Editors: Katrin Assenmacher, European Central Bank and Michael Frenkel, WHU

Timeline: Submission of full papers January 08, 2024

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Volume 236 Issue 1 -

Issue of Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik

Frontmatter

Editorial Announcement

Migration and Regional Wage Disparities in Germany

Abstract

A Sequential Decomposition of the Drop in Collective Bargaining Coverage

Abstract

Does German Development Aid boost German Exports and German Employment? A Sectoral Level Analysis

Abstract

Partially Anticipated Monetary Policy Shocks – Are They Stabilizing or Destabilizing?

Abstract

The German Time Series Dataset, 1834–2012

Hanushek, Eric A., Ludger Woessmann: The Knowledge Capital of Nations Education and the Economics of Growth

Stern, Nicholas: Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change