bargaining reduces employment growth by two to four percentage points per year. Evidence is, however, mostly related to Anglo … employment growth in German plants. We find a robust and negative correlation between being covered by a sector-wide bargaining … variable entity. We use linkedemployer-employee data for Germany and analyse the effect of collective bargaining coverage on …

and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what extent fathers' unemployment is causal for offsprings' employment …This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German … intergenerational unemployment transmission. This outcome is robust to alternative data structures and to tests at the intensive and …

age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant …

age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant …

and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what extent fathers' unemployment is causal for offsprings' employment …This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German … intergenerational unemployment transmission. This outcome is robust to alternative data structures and to tests at the intensive and …

can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining … that an overall increase in risk aversion contributes to wage moderation and promotes employment. …

We theoretically analyse the effects of sick pay and employees' health on collective bargaining, assuming that …