differences between the Anglo-Saxon countries and Germany in terms of prevalence and extent of IR as well as in terms of the …

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 …

while their risk of becoming unemployed was lower. In particular in eastern Germany, joining firms that were older than six … years was the best strategy. -- employment ; unemployment ; newly founded firma ; linked employer-employee data ; Germany …

-scale linked employer-employee data set for western Germany, this paper provides a first test of the relevance of different … bargaining ; Germany …

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 …

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

on panel data for West Germany indicate that the legal change did have a negative effect on severance pay. -- panel data …