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Do unions and works councils really dampen the gender pay gap? : discordant evidence from Germany
Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus; Töpfer, Marina - 2020
Using a large employer-employee dataset, we provide new evidence on the relationship between the gender pay gap and industrial relations from within German workplaces. Controlling for unobserved workplace heterogeneity, we find no evidence that introducing or abandoning collective agreements or...
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Political spillovers of workplace democracy in Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2022
's decision making has the potential to foster workers' political participation in civic society. Our study for Germany indeed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013329512
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Works councils and organizational gender policies in Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens - 2019
establishments in Germany. Using data of the IAB Establishment Panel, we find that the incidence of a works council is associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006249
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Understanding the technology of computer technology diffusion : explaining computer adoption patterns and implications for the wage structure
Borghans, Lex (contributor); Weel, Bas ter (contributor) - 2008
We review the empirical literature about the implications of the computerization of the labor market to see whether it can explain observed computer adoption patterns and (long-term) changes in the wage structure. Evidence from empirical micro studies turns out to be inconsistent with macro...
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Gender, time use and public policy over the life cycle
Apps, Patricia (contributor); Rees, Ray (contributor) - 2005
countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the extent to which gender differences and life cycle variation in time use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003287687
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Predictability of future economic growth and the credibility of monetary regimes in Germany, 1870 - 2003
Baltzer, Markus; Kling, Gerhard - In: Applied economics letters 14 (2007) 4/6, pp. 401-404
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On the role of sectoral and national components in the wage bargaining process
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2010
This paper provides an empirical analysis on the determination of wages at the sectoral level in main industrial economies. Nominal wages are bargained between labour unions and employers in imperfect competitive markets, where spillovers across sectors might occur. Using a principal component...
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Extensive vs. intensive margin in Germany and the United States : any differences?
Merkl, Christian; Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2010
This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the …
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Polarization and rising wage inequality : comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010
This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz ….S. and Germany but there were various country specific aspects of this increase. For the U.S., we find faster wage growth … Germany. Moreover, we see a large role played by cohort effects in Germany, while we find only small cohort effects in the U …
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Women move differently : job separations and gender
Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - 2010
; Germany …
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