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Is there a union wage premium in Germany and which workers benefit most?
Bonaccolto-Töpfer, Marina; Schnabel, Claus - 2023
union wage premium in Germany of almost three percent which is not simply a collective bargaining premium. Given that the …Mit repräsentativen Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels findet diese Studie für Deutschland eine statistisch … signifikante Lohnprämie von fast drei Prozent, die mit einer Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft einhergeht, aber keine Tarifvertragsprämie …
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Defaults and Donations : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Altmann, Steffen - 2015
We study how website defaults affect consumer behavior in the domain of charitable giving. In a field experiment that was conducted on a large platform for making charitable donations over the web, we exogenously vary the default options in two distinct choice dimensions. The first pertains to...
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Trade union membership and sickness absence : evidence from a sick pay reform
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2012
In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581979
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Trade union membership and dismissals
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2010
In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826340
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Risk aversion and trade union membership
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2008
In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining outcomes. Using German panel data (GSOEP) and three novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631914
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When Labor Disputes Bring Cities to a Standstill : The Impact of Public Transit Strikes on Traffic, Accidents, Air Pollution, and Health
Bauernschuster, Stefan - 2015
effects of public transit strikes on urban populations in Germany. Due to higher traffic volumes and longer travel times …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023186
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Labour Disputes and the Game of Legal Representation
Fraisse, Henri - 2021
This paper explores the prisoner’s dilemma that may result when workers and firms are involved in labour disputes and must decide whether to hire a lawyer to be represented at trial. Using a representative data set of labour disputes in the UK and a large population of French unfair dismissal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316203
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Turning the Page on Business Formats for Digital Platforms : Does Apple's Agency Model Soften Competition?
Foros, Øystein; Kind, Hans Jarle; Shaffer, Greg - 2021
The agency model used by Apple and other platform providers such as Google allows upstream firms (content providers like book publishers and developers of apps) to choose the retail prices of their products (RPM) subject to a fixed revenue-sharing rule. We show that (i) this leads to higher...
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North-South Technology Transfer in Unionised Multinationals
Lommerud, Kjell Erik - 2010
We study how incentives for North-South technology transfers in multinational enterprises are affected by labour market institutions. If workers are collectively organised, incentives for technology transfers are partly governed by firms' desire to curb trade union power. This will affect not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135262
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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals
Goerke, Laszlo - 2010
In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137398