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Is there a union wage premium in Germany and which workers benefit most?
Bonaccolto-Töpfer, Marina; Schnabel, Claus - 2023
union wage premium in Germany of almost three percent which is not simply a collective bargaining premium. Given that the … union membership fee is typically about one percent of workers' gross wages, this finding suggests that it pays off to be a … union member. Our results show that the wage premium differs substantially between various occupations and educational …
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Risk aversion and trade union membership
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2008
In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion … can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining … significantly positive relationship between risk aversion and the likelihood of union membership. Additionally, we observe a …
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Reciprocity and workers' tastes for representation
Jirjahn, Uwe; Lange, Vanessa - 2011
Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the influence of reciprocal inclinations on workers' sorting into codetermined firms. Employees with strong negative reciprocal inclinations are more likely to work in firms with a works council while employees...
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Wage determination in the shadow of the law: the case of works councilors in Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2021
The German law on co-determination at the plant level (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) stipulates that works councilors are neither to be financially rewarded nor penalized for their activities. This regulation contrasts with publicized instances of excessive payments. The divergence has sparked a...
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Minimum wage non-compliance : the role of co-determination
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2023
We analyse in what way co-determination affects non-compliance with the German minimum wage, which was introduced in 2015. The Works Constitution Act (WCA), the law regulating co-determination at the plant level, provides works councils with indirect means to ensure compliance with the statutory...
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Does it pay to be a woman? : labour demand effects of maternity-related job protection and replacement incomes
Scheubel, Beatrice - 2014
In countries with strong employment protection laws it is often considered to be unwise to hire a woman in childbearing age because she might get pregnant. However, such labour demand e ects of job protection measures related to maternity leave are often rather anecdotal. To provide analytical...
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Deregulierung oder Verschärfung des GWB? - Wettbewerbspolitische und wettbewerbsrechtliche Konsequenzen der Konzentration im Handel
Ahlert, Dieter; Wellmann, Thomas - In: Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis : BFuP 40 (1988) 3, pp. 250-275
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Von der Machtkonzentration zur dynamischen Marktbeherrschung im Handel - wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Grundlagen einer Diskussion zur Kartellrechtsnovelle
Ahlert, Dieter; Wellmann, Thomas - In: Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis : BFuP 40 (1988) 3, pp. 193-219
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Die aktuellen Zinsempfehlungen aus kartellrechtlicher Sicht
Kammholz, Axel - In: Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen : Pflichtblatt … 28 (1975) 14, pp. 649-652
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"Abgestimmtes Verhalten": Rechtsfrage oder Politikum?
Schmidt, Dirk - In: Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen : Pflichtblatt … 28 (1975) 10, pp. 422-425
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