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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes - In East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant … differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024593
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Labor Market Sorting in Germany
Lochner, Benjamin - 2016
This paper analyzes the allocation of workers to jobs and the wage distribution in Germany. Our main contribution is to reconcile prominent empirical models of wage dispersion (Abowd et al., 1999; Card et al., 2013) with theoretical sorting models (Shimer and Smith, 2000; Eeckhout and Kircher, 2011;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981286
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Entrepreneurship in a Unionised Economy
Leppämäki, Mikko; Kanniainen, Vesa - CESifo - 2000
This paper shows that labor market institutions are important for the formation of new enterprises. The effects of labor market institutions on entrepreneurship, wage determination, and firm size are analysed analytically and illustrated numerically. The main result is that an increase in union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181309
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Sick Pay Reforms and Health Status in a Unionised Labour Market
Goerke, Laszlo - 2016
We theoretically analyse the effects of sick pay and employees' health on collective bargaining, assuming that individuals determine absence optimally. If sick pay is set by the government and not paid for by firms, it induces the trade union to lower wages. This mitigates the positive impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977408
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The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm’s Innovations
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2008
innovation within a multivariate regression framework. However, when instrumenting training by the existence of a union’s … combination with continuous training. Based on German micro data, we find empirical evidence in support of training leading to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405807
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Real and Nominal Wage Adjustment in Open Economies
Forslund, Anders - 2013
How are wages set in an open economy? What role is played by demand pressure, international competition, and structural factors in the labour market? How important is nominal wage rigidity and exchange rate policy for the evolution of real wages and competitiveness? To answer these questions, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754391
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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals
Goerke, Laszlo - 2010
In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage. Therefore, prima facie, there are strong incentives to free-ride on the benefits of trade unionism. We establish empirical evidence for a private gain from trade union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137398
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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes - in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - CESifo - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant … differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011205375
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Enterprise Formation and Labor Market Institutions
Kanniainen, Vesa; Vesala, Timo - CESifo - 2000
The paper introduces a model of enterprise formation in a unionized economy with labor protection and wage bargaining. Enterprise formation is subject to future market risk and is shaped by labor market institutions in the post-entry stage. The predictions of the model are tested in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406064
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Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training - A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland
Dionisius, Regina; Muehlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2021
information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyses based only on aggregate data showed that the … net costs of training apprentices are substantial in Germany, whereas apprenticeship training is on average profitable … during the training period for firms in Switzerland, even though the two training systems are rather similar. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316537