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Union membership and age : the inverted u-shape hypothesis under test

Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008

intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our … taken for granted. -- Unionization ; age ; inverted U-shape ; Germany …

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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : evidence from quantile regressions

Wagner, Joachim; Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Using quantile regressions and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants, this paper reports that the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee. It emerges that the positive and statistically...

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Works councils and separations : voice, monopoly, and insurance effects

Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is … specific clientele. -- Works council ; separations ; collective voice ; duration models ; Germany …

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Worker directors : a German product that didn't export?

Addison, John T. (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2009

representation ; firm performance ; Germany …

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Paying more than necessary? : the wage cushion in Germany

Jung, Sven; Schnabel, Claus - 2009

Using a representative establishment data set for Germany, we show that more than 40 percent of plants covered by … restrictions imposed by the rather centralized system of collective bargaining in Germany, plants which make use of single … ; Germany …

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The institutional context of an "empirical law" : the wage curve under different regimes of collective bargaining

Blien, Uwe; Dauth, Wolfgang; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2009

-scale linked employer-employee data set for western Germany, this paper provides a first test of the relevance of different … bargaining ; Germany …

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The phantom of the opera : cultural amenities, human capital, and regional economic growth

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2010

We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...

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Low-wage careers : are there dead-end firms and dead-end jobs?

Mosthaf, Alexander; Schnabel, Claus; Stephani, Jens - 2010

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Gender differences in labor supply to monopsonistic firms : an empirical analysis using linked employer-employee data from Germany

Hirsch, Boris (contributor); Schank, Thorsten (contributor); … - 2006

model of new monopsony. Using methods of survival analysis and a linked employer-employee dataset for Germany, we find that …

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Low-wage employment versus unemployment : which one provides better prospects for women?

Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009

This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and find that having a low-wage job increases the probability of being low-paid and decreases the chances of being...

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