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; exporter wage premium ; Germany …
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18 Studies, die sich auf Daten aus 20 hochentwickelten, sich entwickelnden und weniger entwickelten Ländern stützen, zeigen, dass die Durchschnittslöhne in exportierenden Firmen höher liegen als in nichtexportierenden Firmen aus gleichen Branche und Region. Die Existenz dieser Lohnzuschläge...
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In Germany, many labour laws and regulations apply only in establishments above a critical size, and usually these …
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In public discussion in Germany it is often argued that jobs are mainly created in small and medium-sized firms (i …
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According to the German Works Constitution Act, establishments above certain thresholds defined by the number of employees must release members of their works councils from work and enable them to do a full-time job as works councilors. Using a full sample of all establishments affected, we...
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Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that … in a number of ways. -- Firm exits ; Germany …
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Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear “shadow of death” effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …
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provides the first empirical analysis of trade union never-membership in Germany. We show that between 54 and 59 percent of all … employees in Germany have never been members of a trade union. Individuals' probability of never-membership is significantly …
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context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …
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This empirical study investigates the effect of the German disability law on employment dynamics, using data from the Federal Labour Office and the IAB Establish-ment Panel. The data allow us to analyze the second threshold of this law which stated (in our observation period 1999/2000) that...
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