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The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation : transitions between states and their determinants ; a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain
Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2009
Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904912
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Slip sliding away : further union decline in Germany and Britain
Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2010
changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940346
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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221560
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Workplace employee representation and industrial relations performance : new evidence from the 2013 European company survey
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2017
Using cross-country data from the European Company Survey, we investigate the relationship between workplace employee representation and five behavioral outcomes: strike incidence, the climate of industrial relations, sickness/absenteeism, employee motivation, and staff retention. The evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704352
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Changes in collective bargaining in the U.K.
Addison, John T.; Siebert, William S. - 2002
Perhaps no other country in recent years has witnessed greater change in its collective bargaining framework than the UK. This paper describes the dramatic developments and their consequences. Like Gaul, it is in three parts. The first part charts the six major pieces of legislation –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001701403
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Higher wages in exporting firms: self-selection, export effect, or both? : first evidence from German employer-employee data
Schank, Thorsten (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2008
While it is a stylized fact that exporting firms pay higher wages than nonexporting firms, the direction of the link between exporting and wages is less clear. Using a rich set of German linked employer-employee panel data we follow over time plants that start to export. We show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003648400
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A note on the determinants and consequences of outsourcing using German data
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Pahnke, André; … - 2008
Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003739950
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Union membership and age : the inverted u-shape hypothesis under test
Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008
intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our … taken for granted. -- Unionization ; age ; inverted U-shape ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778856
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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : evidence from quantile regressions
Wagner, Joachim; Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Using quantile regressions and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants, this paper reports that the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee. It emerges that the positive and statistically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002504494
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The effect of worker representation on employment behavior in Germany : another case of -2.5%
Addison, John T. (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002115406