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German collective bargaining in a European perspective : continuous erosion or re-stabilisation of multi-employer agreements?
Bispinck, Reinhard; Dribbusch, Heiner; Schulten, Thorsten - 2010
Since the mid-1990s the German system of collective bargaining with its traditional dominance of sector …-level agreements has been faced by a process of creeping erosion. While the bargaining coverage has shown a steady decline, a far …-reaching decentralisation has increasingly undermined the system of multi-employer bargaining. Compared with other European countries, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661753
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Work and Leisure in the U.S. And Europe : Why so Different?
Alesina, Alberto F.; Glaeser, Edward L.; Sacerdote, Bruce - 2021
Americans average 25.1 working hours per person in working age per week, but the Germans average 18.6 hours. The average American works 46.2 weeks per year, while the French average 40 weeks per year. Why do western Europeans work so much less than Americans? Recent work argues that these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013231444
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Work and Leisure in the U.S. And Europe : Why so Different?
Alesina, Alberto F.; Glaeser, Edward L.; Sacerdote, Bruce - 2005
Americans average 25.1 working hours per person in working age per week, but the Germans average 18.6 hours. The average American works 46.2 weeks per year, while the French average 40 weeks per year. Why do western Europeans work so much less than Americans? Recent work argues that these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065496