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What have we learned about the employment effects of severance pay? : Further iterations of Lazear et al.

Addison, John T. (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Dissonant works councils and establishment survivability

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Grunau, Philipp; … - 2019

Using subjective information provided by manager respondents on the stance taken by the works council in company decision making, this paper investigates the association between a measure of works council dissonance or disaffection and plant closings in Germany, 2006-2015. The potential effects...

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The long awaited reform of the German Works Constitution Act

Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2002

German law guaranteeing works councils is not a datum. The thrust of legislation has changed significantly on a number of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in the form of the Works Constitution Reform Act marks a controversial swing in favor of works council formation and...

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Does the quality of industrial relations matter for the macro economy? : A cross-country analysis using strikes data

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

, namely, their tendency to rise when striking becomes more attractive to the union. -- strike rate/volume ; quality of labor …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278948

Sources of the union wage gap : results from high-dimensional fixed effects regression models

Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2015

This paper provides estimates of the union wage gap in Portugal, a nation until recently lacking independent data on … union density at firm level. Having estimated nonlinear and linear estimates of the effect of union density on the wage gap … sources of the union wage gap. A generalization of this technique is applied for the nonlinear case. We find evidence of a …

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Minimum wages, labor market institutions, and female employment and unemployment : a cross-country analysis

Addison, John T.; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - 2010

This paper estimates the effect of minimum wage regulation in 16 OECD countries, 1970-2008. Our treatment is motivated by Neumark and Wascher's (2004) seminal cross-country study using panel methods to estimate minimum wage effects among teenagers and young adults. Apart from the longer time...

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Employment adjustment in Portugal : evidence from aggregate and firm data

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2001

This paper examines the pattern of employment adjustment in Portugal. First, the issue is addressed using a long time series of aggregate data. Although the employment data show persistence, there is nonetheless a fairly rapid rate of employment adjustment. Second, a much shorter time series of...

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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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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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Higher wages, overstaffing or both? : the employer's assessment of problems regarding wage costs and staff level in co-determined establishments

Gralla, Rafael; Kraft, Kornelius - 2012

This study examines the differences in the likelihood of overpayment and overemployment in establishments with and without works councils. In contrast to other studies, we use assessments by the management concerning the existence of such problems. Furthermore, we also analyze how different...

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