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Hsieh, Chang-Tai - 2014

Although a large literature seeks to explain the "missing middle" of mid-sized firms in developing countries, there is surprisingly little empirical backing for existence of the missing middle. Using microdata on the full distribution of both formal and informal sector manufacturing firms in...

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The Employer Penalty, Voluntary Compliance, and the Size Distribution of Firms : Evidence from a Survey of Small Businesses

Mulligan, Casey B. - 2017

A new survey of 745 small businesses shows little change in the size distribution of businesses between 2012 and 2016, except among businesses with 40-74 employees, in a way that is closely related to whether they offer health insurance coverage. Using measures of both size and voluntary...

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Contractual Tradeoffs and SMEs Choice of Organizational Form, A View from U.S. and French History, 1830-2000

Lamoreaux, Naomi R. - 2006

Today the vast majority of multi-owner firms in the United States are corporations, but that was not the case in the past. Before the advent of the income tax, tort litigation, and significant federal regulation, entrepreneurs more often than not chose to organize as partnerships, a form that...

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The German Model of Industrial Relations : Balancing Flexibility and Collective Action

Jäger, Simon; Noy, Shakked; Schoefer, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

pillars of the model: sectoral collective bargaining and firm-level codetermination. Relative to the United States, Germany …-level distributional conflict. Relative to other European countries, Germany makes it easy for employers to avoid coverage or use … unemployment, but may also erode bargaining coverage and increase inequality. Meanwhile, firm-level codetermination through worker …

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Class Struggle Inside the Firm : A Study of German Codetermination

Gorton, Gary - 2000

German system of codetermination,' a governance system under which employees are allocated some control rights over corporate … assets by law. Codetermination laws require that employees be represented on the (supervisory) board of directors. If … codetermination sufficiently empowers employees, and if stockholders' rights cannot be contractually protected, then employees may …

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Labor in the Boardroom

Jäger, Simon - 2019

study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked …

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Worker Representatives

Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the selection of German works council representatives and their impact on worker outcomes. Becoming a professional representative leads to substantial wage gains for the elected,...

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COVID-19 and SME Failures

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier - 2020

, Education, and Other Services are among the most affected sectors. The jobs at risk due to COVID-19 related SME business …

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Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries

Bloom, Nick - 2006

US, France, Germany and the UK. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm …

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Firm Size Dynamics in the Aggregate Economy

Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - 2005

Why do firm growth and exit rates decline with size? What determines the size distribution of firms? This paper presents a theory of firm dynamics that simultaneously rationalizes the basic facts on firm growth, exit, and size distributions. The theory emphasizes the accumulation of industry...

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