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Do unions and works councils really dampen the gender pay gap? : discordant evidence from Germany

Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus; Töpfer, Marina - 2020

Using a large employer-employee dataset, we provide new evidence on the relationship between the gender pay gap and industrial relations from within German workplaces. Controlling for unobserved workplace heterogeneity, we find no evidence that introducing or abandoning collective agreements or...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262910

Works councils : sand or grease in the operation of German firms

Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2002

Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as sand or grease in the operation of German firms. Stochastic production frontier analysis indicates that establishments with and without a works council do not exhibit significant differences in efficiency.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415166

Owners, external managers, and industrial relations in German establishments

Kölling, Arnd; Schnabel, Claus - 2019

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed …

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The German model of industrial relations : (where) does it still exist?

Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus - 2017

service sector and in eastern Germany, and its extent is increasing dramatically. …

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Works councils and workplace health promotion in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens; Smith, Stephen C. - 2019

This study explores the impact an exogenous improvement in childhood health has on later-life outcomes. Using extensive and detailed register data from the Swedish Interdisciplinary Panel, we follow individuals exposed to the introduction of the first vaccine against polio in Sweden (birth...

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The demise of works councils in Germany

Kohaut, Susanne; Schnabel, Claus - 2024

This paper documents and analyses the demise of works councils in Germany in the period 2007-2022. Using representative … the public sector. Almost two-thirds of workers in the private sector in Germany are not covered by worker co … owner-management of a plant. As our results paint a bleak picture for the future of plant-level co-determination in Germany …

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Immigrants and trade union membership : does integration into society and workplace play a moderating role?

Bedaso, Fenet Jima; Jirjahn, Uwe; Goerke, Laszlo - 2022

-generation immigrants in Germany. Importantly, the analysis shows that the immigrant-native gap in union membership indeed depends on … in Germany. …

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Political spillovers of workplace democracy in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2022

's decision making has the potential to foster workers' political participation in civic society. Our study for Germany indeed …

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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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