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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904912
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940346
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Fly me to the moon : the determinants of secondary jobholding in Germany and the UK
Heineck, Guido (contributor); Schwarze, Johannes (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper analyzes the determinants of secondary jobholding in Germany and the UK. Although differing in labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002471957
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When it hurts the most : timing of parental job loss and a child's education
Bingley, Paul; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Ovidi, Marco - 2023
We investigate the stages of childhood at which parental job loss is most consequential for their child's education. Using Danish administrative data linking parents experiencing plant closures to their children, we compare end-of-school outcomes to matched peers and to closures hitting after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014326394
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Friends' networks and job finding rates
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2010
We investigate the effect of social interactions on labor market outcomes using a direct measure of social contacts based on information about individuals' three best friends and their characteristics. We examine the effect of the number of employed friends on the transition from non-employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153613
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Earnings and labour market volatility in Britain
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen - 2013
We provide new evidence about earnings and labour market volatility in Britain over the period 1992-2008, and for women as well as men. (Most research about volatility refers to earnings volatility for US men.) We show that earnings volatility declined slightly for both men and women over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009770646
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Modelling low pay transition probabilities, accounting for panel attrition, non-response, and initial conditions
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen - 2004
We model annual low pay transition probabilities taking account of three potentially endogenous selections: two sample drop-out mechanisms (panel attrition, non-employment) and "initial conditions" (base-year low pay status). This model, and variants that ignore one or more of these selection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449938
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Modelling low income transitions
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen - 2002
We examine the determinants of low income transitions using first-order Markov models that control for initial conditions effects (those found to be poor in the base year may be a nonrandom sample) and for attrition (panel retention may also be non-random). Our econometric model is a form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411571
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Why so unhappy? : The effects of unionisation on job satisfaction
Bryson, Alex (contributor); Cappellari, Lorenzo (contributor) - 2005
We use linked employer-employee data to investigate the job satisfaction effect of unionisation in Britain. We depart from previous studies by developing a model that simultaneously controls for the endogeneity of union membership and union recognition. We show that a negative association...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002630836
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Why so unhappy? : The effects of unionisation on job satisfaction
Bryson, Alex (contributor); Cappellari, Lorenzo (contributor) - 2005
We use linked employer-employee data to investigate the job satisfaction effect of unionisation in Britain. We depart from previous studies by developing a model that simultaneously controls for the endogeneity of union membership and union recognition. We show that a negative association...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002738380