for Germany, we indeed find absenteeism of employees to be higher in the public than the private sector. The differences … that the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" seems to be an exaggeration, at least for Germany …

to overcome such limitations for Germany by complementing administrative data from the Federal Employment Agency with … Germany from 2001 to 2008 and contains around 920,000 individuals. The complementary survey covers a panel of more than 17 …

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 a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …

the German labor market since EU enlargement. Unlike other EU countries, Germany has not immediately opened up its labor … immigrants from outside of Europe for low-skilled jobs instead of competing with German natives. While Germany needs high …

analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany … of wage inequality in Germany …