In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that …

In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …

In the 1990s overtime incidence in Great Britain and West Germany is quite similar, while the average amount of hours … of overtime for full-time male workers with overtime in Great Britain is roughly twice those in Germany for all years. We … time. In Germany, we observe a remarkable decrease in the share of workers who work paid overtime and a significant …

Using representative linked employer-employee data for Germany, this paper analyzes short- and long-run differences in …

service sector and in eastern Germany, and its extent is increasing dramatically. …

-employee data for Germany that allow to take the complete employment biographies of newly hired workers into account. The results …-Arbeitnehmer-Daten für Deutschland, die eine Berücksichtigung der gesamten Erwerbsbiografien von neu eingestellten Arbeitnehmern ermöglichen …

conduct a survey experiment that randomly assigns increases or decreases in minimum wages to about 6,000 plants in Germany and …, sind noch uner-forscht. Wir führen ein Befragungsexperiment durch, das rund 6000 Betrieben in Deutschland zufällig …