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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …
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Slip sliding away : further union decline in Germany and Britain
Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2010
changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940346
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The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation : transitions between states and their determinants ; a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain
Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2009
Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904912
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Short-run and long-term effects of childbirth on mothers' employment and working hours across institutional regimes : an empirical analysis based on the European Community Househol...
Geyer, Johannes (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007
Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct 'institutional regimes', we estimate the short …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003540700
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Making work pay : increasing labour supply of secondary earners in low income families with children
Kurowska, Anna; Myck, Michał; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2015
In-work support through the tax-benefit system has proved to be an effective way of increasing labour supply of lone mothers and first earners in couples in a number of OECD countries. At the same time these instruments usually create negative employment incentives for secondary earners. This in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388330
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The twin track model of employee voice : an Anglo-American perspective on union decline and the rise of alternative forms of voice
Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B.; Gómez, Rafael; … - 2017
We present a simple framework for analyzing decline in union voice in the Anglo-American world and its replacement by non-union, often direct, forms of worker voice. We argue that it is a decline in the in-flow to unionisation among employers and workers, rather than an increase in the outflow...
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The "good workplace" : the role of joint consultative committees, unions and HR policies in employee ratings of workplaces in Britain
Barry, Michael P.; Bryson, Alex; Gómez, Rafael; … - 2018
Using new, rich data on a representative sample of British workers, we examine the relationship between joint consultation systems at the workplace and employee satisfaction, accounting for possible interactions with union and management-led high-commitment strategies. We focus on non-union...
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Unionization of retired workers in Europe
Pyka, Vinzenz; Schnabel, Claus - 2023
We shed light on an understudied group: retirees in unions. Using representative individual-level data of 19 European countries, we find that the share of retirees in unions and the union density of retirees increased between 2008 and 2020. Econometric analyses indicate that on average retired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014429602
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Accounting for poverty differences between the United States, Great Britain, and Germany
Biewen, Martin; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2002
across years), and use it to compare levels and patterns of relative poverty in the USA, Great Britain and Germany during the … 1990s. The higher aggregate poverty rates in the USA and in Britain relative to Germany were mostly accounted for by higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260639
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The Dynamics of Child Poverty: Britain and Germany Compared
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Schluter, Christian; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
We compare patterns of movements into and out of poverty by children in Britain and Germany using data from the British … Household Panel Survey and the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1992-7. Compared to Germany, in Britain poverty …Wir vergleichen die Muster der Armutsdynamik bei Kindern in Großbritannien und Deutschland anhand der Daten der British …
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