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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : evidence from quantile regressions

Wagner, Joachim; Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Using quantile regressions and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants, this paper reports that the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee. It emerges that the positive and statistically...

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Works councils and separations : voice, monopoly, and insurance effects

Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is … specific clientele. -- Works council ; separations ; collective voice ; duration models ; Germany …

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Works councils in the production process

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : journal of contextual economics 126 (2006) 2, pp. 251-283

This paper uses data from a nationally representative panel of establishments to estimate the effects of German works councils on firm performance, 1997 - 2000. We analyze the impact of this institution on sales and sales growth using OLC and fixed effect estimates of a translog production...

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'Marginal employment': stepping stone or dead end? : Evaluating the German experience

Freier, Ronny (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. -- Marginal employment ; social …

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Making work pay for the elderly unemployed : evaluating alternative policy reforms for Germany

Haan, Peter (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2006

effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes a …

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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

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More hours, more jobs? : the employment effects of longer working hours

Andrews, Martyn J.; Gerner, Hans-Dieter; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2012

Increases in standard hours have been a contentious policy issue in Germany. Whilst this might directly lead to a …

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The minimum wage affects them all : evidence on employment spillovers in the roofing sector

Aretz, Bodo; Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry - 2012

roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment … wage ; Germany ; capital-labour substitution ; labour-labour substitution ; scale effect …

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'Marginal employment' and the demand for heterogenous labour : empirical evidence from a multi-factor labour demand model for Germany

Freier, Ronny (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007

marginal employment range between -.4 (number of male workers in west Germany) to -1 (working hours for women). We illustrate …’ social security contributions (SSC) on marginal employment in Germany. …

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Do works councils inhibit investment?

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2005

context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …

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