Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce … and unions, individualization theory and social custom theory is not consistently supported by our estimations. …

's decision to unionise (such as social custom theory). A review of the international empirical evidence shows that business cycle …

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. …

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …

trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia … von kombinierten Firmen-Beschäftigten-Daten aus Deutschland um zu zeigen, dass diese Lohnzuschläge verschwinden, wenn die …

Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper analyses wage setting in a cohort of newly founded … and other establishments from 1997 to 2001. While theory provides alternative explanations for higher or lower wages in … smaller in eastern than in western Germany. The wage differential is shown to decline over time as the newly founded firms …

Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper analyzes labour fluctuation and wage setting in a …Unter Verwendung eines kombinierten Firmen-Beschäftigten- Datensatzes für Deutschland analysiert dieser Beitrag die …

Theory suggests that firms confront a hold-up problem in dealing with workplace unionism: unions will appropriate a … context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods … gibt, untersuchen wir, ob dies auch in dem unterschiedlichen institutionellen Umfeld in Deutschland der Fall ist, wo statt …