firms' choice of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain and in (western and eastern) Germany. Both …-employer collective bargaining clearly dominates in Germany. Econometric analyses show that more or less the same set of variables play a …

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 linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper analyzes labour fluctuation and wage setting in a …

Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper analyses wage setting in a cohort of newly founded … smaller in eastern than in western Germany. The wage differential is shown to decline over time as the newly founded firms …

Previous empirical studies of job creation schemes in Germany have shown that the average effects for the participating … West Germany who benefit from participation in terms of higher employment rates. …

search behavior using a novel panel data set of newly-unemployed individuals in Germany. Consistent with our theoretical …

novel data set of unemployed individuals in Germany containing extensive information on job search behavior and direct …

formation: industry, location and change over time. The data is for West Germany and covers the 1983-97 period. Our analysis …