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Is there a trade-off between job security and wages in Germany and the UK?

Hübler, Dominik (contributor); Hübler, Olaf (contributor) - 2006

This paper looks at the wage effects of perceived and objective insecurity in Germany and the UK using the GSOEP and … insecurity and wages significantly negative level effects are found for Germany with some evidence for those in the UK. There is … , Germany ; UK …

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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 …

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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...

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Do women manage smaller funds?

Hübler, Olaf; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2010

Based on a sample of 467 asset managers from four countries we robustly find that women manage smaller funds than men, despite tough competition in this industry. Interestingly, the gender gap exists only for managers of smaller funds, i.e. at the lower end of the hierarchy, as quantile...

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Firms and early retirement : offers that one does not refuse

Bellmann, Lutz (contributor); Janik, Florian (contributor) - 2007

According to the Hutchens (1999) model, early retirement is not explained as a result of maximizing expected individual utility but rather as a demand-side phenomenon arising from a firm’s profit-maximizing behaviour. Firms enter into contracts with their employees that include clauses about...

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Recruitment and job applications of older jobseekers from the establishments' perspective

Bellmann, Lutz (contributor); Brussig, Martin (contributor) - 2007

In the demographic change, a prolongation of individual employment and thus of beginning a new employment in later stages of the work life is of growing importance. On the base of microeconomic data (establishment panel of the IAB), this paper analyses firms' characteristics correlating with...

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Unobserved individual and firm heterogeneity in wage and tenure functions : evidence from German linked employer-employee data

Cornelißen, Thomas (contributor); Hübler, Olaf (contributor) - 2007

We estimate wage and job tenure functions that include individual and firm effects capturing time-invariant unobserved worker and firm heterogeneity using German linked employer-employee data (LIAB data set). We find that both types of heterogeneity are correlated to the observed characteristics...

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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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Determinants of employer-provided further training : a multi-level approach

Bellmann, Lutz; Hohendanner, Christian; Hujer, Reinhard - 2010

We analyse the influence of regional determinants on the decision of employers to provide within-firm further training. We estimate the effects of the regional population density, the unemployment rate and the regional concentration of an industry against the background of several determinants...

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Is the erosion thesis overblown? : evidence from the orientation of uncovered employers

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Evers, Katalin; … - 2012

It is sometimes claimed that the coverage of collective bargaining in Germany is considerably understated because of …

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