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The impact of training on earnings : differences between participant groups and training forms

Kuckulenz, Anja; Zwick, Thomas - 2003

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Outside options drive wage inequalities in continuing jobs : evidence from a natural experiment

Lukesch, Veronika; Zwick, Thomas - 2021

The literature on wage bargaining so far mainly argues that unemployment benefits are relevant outside options for employees. This paper demonstrates that also a change in outside wage options drives wages in continuing jobs. The authors use the natural experiment of a crafts reform that reduces...

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Empirical determinants of employee resistance against innovations

Zwick, Thomas - 2000

Employee resistance against innovations is a virulent phenomenon and there is a broad theoretical literature on its determinants. The empirical evidence is scarce, however, and mainly provides descriptive evidence on the incidence of the phenomenon and concentrates on the effectiveness of change...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428344

New technologies and the demand for medium qualified labour in Germany

Jacobebbinghaus, Peter; Zwick, Thomas - 2001

The literature on skill-biased technological change concentrates on highly skilled and unskilled employees. It is unclear, however, if the employment opportunities of the majority of the labour force in Germany-employees with a degree from the dual apprenticeship system-increase or not. In...

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Reassessing the impact of high performance workplaces

Wolf, Elke - 2002

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Continuous training and firm productivity in Germany

Zwick, Thomas - 2002

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Works councils and the productivity impact of direct employee participation

Zwick, Thomas - 2003

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Wage divergence and unemployment : the impact of insider power and training costs

Muysken, Joan - 2000

general equilibrium model, this paper shows that skilled insiders in the USA enjoy higher rents and increase the skilled wage … outsiders in the USA do not possess a powerful credible threat to improve their position. This is a consequence from higher … training and education costs in the USA for unskilled employees and unemployed. In Germany, the lower skill wage mark-up leads …

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