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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894436
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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.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2009
Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904912
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The nonlinear link between height and wages : an empirical investigation
Hübler, Olaf (contributor) - 2006
This article investigates the relationship between individual wages and height using the German Socio-Economic Panel where five hypotheses are tested. Some explanations of a positive link exist and empirical studies confirm this hypothesis. In contrast to previous investigations which are only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003488963
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Slip sliding away : further union decline in Germany and Britain
Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2010
changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940346
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Slip sliding away : further union decline in Germany and Britain
Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Pahnke, André; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941048
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Paid and unpaid overtime working in Germany and the UK
Bell, David N. F.; Hart, Robert A.; Hübler, Olaf; … - 2000
can either be paid or unpaid. This research considers overtime working in Germany and the UK and shows that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325986
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Unionization of retired workers in Europe
Pyka, Vinzenz; Schnabel, Claus - 2023
We shed light on an understudied group: retirees in unions. Using representative individual-level data of 19 European countries, we find that the share of retirees in unions and the union density of retirees increased between 2008 and 2020. Econometric analyses indicate that on average retired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014429602
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Does Worksharing Work? Some Empirical Evidence from the IAB Panel
Simmons, R.; Schank, Thorsten; Andrews, Martyn J. - 2004
Recent policy debate in Europe suggests that a shorter workweek will lead to more jobs (worksharing). We derive and estimate a model where the firm employs two types of worker, some working overtime, the rest standard hours. Worksharing is not always a prediction of the theory. Using German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297198
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Exporting firms do not pay higher wages, ceteris paribus : First evidence from linked employer-employee data
Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten - 2004
trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia … von kombinierten Firmen-Beschäftigten-Daten aus Deutschland um zu zeigen, dass diese Lohnzuschläge verschwinden, wenn die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297200
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Do newly founded firms pay lower wages? First evidence from Germany
Schnabel, Claus; Kohaut, Susanne; Brixy, Udo - 2004
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 …Unter Verwendung eines kombinierten Firmen-Beschäftigten- Datensatzes für Deutschland analysiert dieser Beitrag die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297201