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The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation : transitions between states and their determinants ; a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2009

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …

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Slip sliding away : further union decline in Germany and Britain

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2010

changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …

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Paid and unpaid overtime working in Germany and the UK

Bell, David N. F.; Hart, Robert A.; Hübler, Olaf; … - 2000

can either be paid or unpaid. This research considers overtime working in Germany and the UK and shows that the …

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Wages, hours and human capital over the life cycle

Hart, Robert A.; Ma, Yue - 2000

We investigate wage-hours contracts within a four-period rent sharing model that incorporates asymmetric information. Distinctions are made among (a) an investment period, (b) a period in which the parties may separate (quits or layoffs) or continue rent accumulation and sharing, (c) a post...

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Hours and wages in the depression : British engineering, 1926-1938

Hart, Robert A. - 2000

On their intensive margins, firms in the British engineering industry adjusted to the severe falls in demand during the 1930s Depression by cutting hours of work. This provided an important means of reducing labour input and marginal labour costs, through movements from overtime to short-time...

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Tenure-based wage setting

Hart, Robert A.; Ritchie, Felix - 1999

We provide empirical support for the contention that within-job wage growth relates purely to job-specific performance and that returns to general experience are assessed at the point of job change. Using the British New Earnings Survey panel data we identify job changes that take place both...

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Overtime working in an unregulated labour market

Bell, David N. F.; Hart, Robert A. - 1999

Using individual-level data on male non-managerial workers from the 1996 British New Earnings Survey, we estimate overtime hours and average premium pay equations. Among other issues, four broad questions are of central importance. (a) What are the impacts of straight-time pay and hours on...

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The spot market matters : evidence on implicit contracts from Britain

Devereux, Paul J. (contributor); Hart, Robert A. (contributor) - 2005

Based on the methodology of Beaudry and DiNardo (1991), this paper investigates the relative importance of the spot market and implicit contracts in the determination of British real wages. Empirical work is carried out separately for males and females with individual-level data taken from the...

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General human capital and employment adjustment in the great depression: apprentices and journeymen in UK engineering

Hart, Robert A. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Worker-job matches, job mobility, and real wage cyclicality

Hart, Robert A. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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