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 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that …

other countries, this first study on Germany finds true state dependence in low pay jobs and confirms previous results of …

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 …

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

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

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

results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany …

public pension system. We calculate that, in the case of Germany, the fiscal consequences of the 6.4 year increase in age 65 …