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 …

In Germany, trade unions and works councils are more often present in the public than in the private sector. Whereas in … public sector in Germany may lead to sub-optimal results. …

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

Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in … earnings gap in a robust way. -- Earnings differential ; entrepreneurship ; gender pay gap ; Germany ; self-employed ; self-employment …Mit einem großen Datensatz für Deutschland zeigen wir, dass sowohl der gesamte geschlechtsspezifische …

unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …

empirical evidence on this firm age - wage nexus for Germany. We find that older firms pay on average higher wages for workers …-Arbeitnehmer-Datensatzes präsentieren wir erste empirische Ergebnisse für Deutschland zu diesem Zusammenhang. Wir stellen fest, dass innerhalb …

provides the first empirical analysis of trade union never-membership in Germany. We show that between 54 and 59 percent of all … employees in Germany have never been members of a trade union. Individuals' probability of never-membership is significantly …

In Germany, trade unions and employers associations play a role not only in wage determination but also in social …