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

results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany … gewerkschaftlicher Stärke her und berechnen ihn mit Jahresdaten für Deutschland. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die …

Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear 'shadow of death' effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …

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

Germany from 1980 to 2004. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce … variables such as age, public sector employment and being a blue collar 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 …

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …Unter Verwendung eines großen kombinierten Firmen-Beschäftigten-Datensatzes für Deutschland finden wir, dass die …