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Overtime work, overtime compensation and the distribution of economic well-being : evidence for West Germany and Great Britain

Pannenberg, Markus; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001

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 …

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Why do firms recruit internationally? : Results from the IZA international employer survey 2000

Winkelmann, Rainer - 2001

The paper studies the demand for foreign graduates at the firm level. Using a unique dataset on recruitment policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile high-skilled employees are established. I investigate the number, origin, skills, and...

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Slip sliding away : further union decline in Germany and Britain

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Pahnke, André; … - 2010

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The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation : transitions between states and their determinants. A comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain

Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Bryson, Alex; Pahnke, … - 2009

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and Britain. That said, comparatively … in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …

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Segmentation, switching costs and the demand for unionization in Britain

Bryson, Alex (contributor); Gómez, Rafael (contributor) - 2003

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Why have workers stopped joining unions?

Bryson, Alex (contributor); Gómez, Rafael (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Trading places : employers, unions and the manufacture of voice

Willman, Paul (contributor); Gómez, Rafael (contributor); … - 2008

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Is job stability declining in Germany? : evidence from count data models

Winkelmann, Rainer - 1998

The macro evidence of increased adjustment pressure since the early seventies suggests that job mobility should have increased. Hence, retrospective and spell data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are combined in order to test the hypothesis that job stability for German workers declined...

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Central bank intervention and exchange rate expectations : evidence from the daily DM/US-Dollar exchange rate

Reitz, Stefan - 2002

In this paper we propose a generalisation of the noise trader transmission mechanism to examine the impact of central bank intervention on exchange rates. Within a heterogeneous expectations exchange rate model intervention operations are supposed to provide support to either chartist or...

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Determinants of German FDI : new evidence from micro-data

Toubal, Farid; Kleinert, Jörn; Buch, Claudia M. - 2003

This paper provides new evidence on the foreign direct investment stocks of German firms. We use firm-level data for the years 1990-2000 to describe the regional and sectoral patterns of German FDI through gravity-type equations. We provide evidence on the patterns of FDI by sector, by size of...

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