Similar Search Results

Paying More than Necessary? The Wage Cushion in Germany

Jung, Sven; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Using a representative establishment data set for Germany, we show that more than 40 percent of plants covered by … restrictions imposed by the rather centralized system of collective bargaining in Germany, plants which make use of single …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039648

The Persistent Decline in Unionization in Western and Eastern Germany, 1980-2004: What Can We Learn from a Decomposition Analysis?

Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

western Germany from 1980 to 2004 and in eastern Germany from 1992 to 2004. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and … worker (significant in western Germany only). A decomposition analysis shows that differences in union density over time and … between eastern and western Germany to a large degree cannot be explained by differences in the characteristics of employees …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822128

Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822189

Worker Directors: A German Product that Didn't Export?

Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at company level has held up remarkably well. We recount the theoretical arguments for and against codetermination and survey the empirical evidence on the effects of the institution, tracing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822465

Union Membership and Age: The Inverted U-Shape Hypothesis under Test

Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822662

Works Councils and Separations: Voice, Monopoly, and Insurance Effects

Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822979

Low-Wage Careers: Are There Dead-End Firms and Dead-End Jobs?

Mosthaf, Alexander; Schnabel, Claus; Stephani, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Using representative linked employer-employee data of the German Federal Employment Agency, this paper shows that just one out of seven full-time employees who earned low wages (i.e. less than two-thirds of the median wage) in 1998/99 was able to earn wages above the low-wage threshold in 2003....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602719

Women Move Differently: Job Separations and Gender

Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611318

Let's Take Bargaining Models Seriously: The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009

Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225758

Wage Cyclicality under Different Regimes of Industrial Relations

Gartner, Hermann; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682251