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Initial risk matrix, home resources, ability development and children's achievement

Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2008

This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in ability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities and social as well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755918

Self-productivity and complementarities in human development : evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk

Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2008

This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in capability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities and social as well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003760038

The effect of worker representation on employment behavior in Germany : another case of -2.5%

Addison, John T. (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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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

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

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 …

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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2010

questionnaires, approximately 13% of young people in Germany between the ages of 17 and 19 are disconnected. The percentage of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003948917

Age-dependent skill formation and returns to education : simulation based evidence

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm (contributor); … - 2007

This study integrates findings from neurobiology and psychology on early childhood development and self-regulation to assess returns to education. Our framework for evaluating the distribution of age-specific returns to investments in cognitive and noncognitive skills is a lifecycle simulation...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003609990

Works councils and the anatomy of wages

Addison, John T. (contributor); … - 2006

This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer-employee data (specifically, the LIAB for 2001). We find that works councils are associated with higher earnings. The wage premium is around 11 percent (and is higher under...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003502719

The state of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany : the erosion continues

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2010

This paper investigates trends in collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany from 2000 to 2008. It … western Germany. Arguably, the path of erosion will continue until rough and ready convergence is reached with eastern Germany … appears to be so. -- Erosion of the dual system ; collective bargaining/works council coverage ; eastern and western Germany …

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