methods, for example, and find strong support for explanations based on labor union contracts and implicit wages for Germany …. Furthermore, survey respondents indicated that labor union contracts and implicit contracts are important reasons for wage … skilled. In contrast to the US experience for German firms insider-outsider behavior, labor union contracts and specific human …

European countries, with a special attention to the new European Union member countries. This may allow us to analyse effects …

How will the commitment to price stability affect labour market rigidities in the European Monetary Union? I explore a …

The paper questions the predominant view on unemployment and wages in the European Union according to which high … labour union bargaining power and changing collective bargaining strategies have contributed to this result. It is therefore …

) als in Deutschland. Die erwartete Abfindungszahlung kann in beiden Rechtssystemen durchaus gleich hoch ausfallen (in … Deutschland ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Abfindung höher, in den USA die Höhe der Zahlung). Eine institutionenökonomische … Analyse zeigt darüber hinaus, daß die Beteiligung des Betriebsrates an Kündigungen in Deutschland opportunistisches Verhalten …