Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … the evolution of the monthly labour earnings distribution and individual economic well-being differently in West Germany … regards to West Germany, we show that the current policy of transforming paid overtime in "working time accountsʺ, which is …

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 administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear shadow of death effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …

In Germany, employers used to pay union members and non-members in a plant the same union wage in order to prevent …In Deutschland zahlen Arbeitgeber traditionell den gleichen Tariflohn für Gewerkschaftsmitglieder und -nichtmitglieder …