Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper analyses wage setting in a cohort of newly founded … smaller in eastern than in western Germany. The wage differential is shown to decline over time as the newly founded firms …Unter Verwendung eines kombinierten Firmen-Beschäftigten- Datensatzes für Deutschland analysiert dieser Beitrag die …

Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …

establishments in western Germany and only one out of four establishments in eastern Germany were covered by industry-wide or firm …