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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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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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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221560
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Works councils, training and employee satisfaction
Bellmann, Lutz; Hübler, Olaf; Leber, Ute - 2018
This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924990
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Daughters and left-wing voting
Oswald, Andrew J. (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper provides evidence that daughters make people more left-wing. Having sons, by contrast, makes them more right-wing. Parents, politicians and voters are probably not aware of this phenomenon -- nor are social scientists. The paper discusses its economic and evolutionary roots. It also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314672
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Death, happiness, and the calculation of compensatory damages
Oswald, Andrew J. (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper studies the mental distress caused by bereavement. The largest emotional losses are from the death of a spouse; the second-worst in severity are the losses from the death of a child; the third-worst is the death of a parent. The paper explores how happiness regression equations might be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608456
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From classroom to wedding aisle : the effect of a nationwide change in the compulsory schooling law on age at first marriage in the UK
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Adireksombat, Kampon - 2010
Does more schooling causes a delay in marriage? Using a nationwide change in the compulsory schooling law in the UK as a source of exogenous variation in education, this paper estimates the causal effect of schooling on age at first marriage. The 1947 reform, which uniquely affected about a half...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003981597
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Anticipation, free-rider problem, and adaptation to trade union : re-examining the curious case of dissatisfied union members
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2010
This paper documents evidence that rejects the paradox of dissatisfied union members. Using eleven waves of the BHPS, it studies the past, contemporaneous, and future effects of union membership on job satisfaction. By separating union "free-riders" from other nonmembers in the fixed effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942206
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Does education reduce the risk of hypertension? : estimating the biomarker effect of compulsory schooling in England
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2010
This paper estimates the exogenous effect of schooling on reduced incidence of hypertension. Using the changes in the minimum school-leaving age law in the United Kingdom from age 14 to 15 in 1947, and from age 15 to 16 in 1973, as sources of exogenous variation in schooling, the regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003945982
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Putting different price tags on the same health condition : re-evaluating the well-being valuation approach
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Berg, Bernard van den - 2011
Many recent writings in health policy have proposed that health be valued directly and in monetary terms using the new well-being valuation method. Yet there is currently no clear consensus on what the best measure of individual's experience may be for the evaluation process. To shed light on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230278