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Threshold Values in German Labor Law and Job Dynamics in Small Firms : The Case of the Disability Law
Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Kölling, Arnd - 2021
According to the German disability law, or Schwerbehindertengesetz, either six percent of all jobs in an establishment must be occupied by disabled employees or the firm has to pay a penalty of DM 200 per month for every job under consideration. This note reports results from the first...
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German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2002
Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262744
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Women move differently: Job separations and gender
Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - 2010
Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...
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Establishment Exits in Germany : The Role of Size and Age
Fackler, Daniel - 2012
Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110201
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German Works Councils in the Production Process
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2003
In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 to 30 per cent higher productivity than their works-councilfree counterparts. Such findings can only serve to buttress the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261548
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Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus : First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten - 2004
trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261930
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Determinants of Trade Union Membership in Western Germany: Evidence from Micro Data, 1980-2000
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262095
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Trade Union Membership in Eastern and Western Germany: Convergence or Divergence?
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262096
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Establishment Age and Wages: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Kölling, Arnd; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2002
present first empirical evidence on this firm age - wage nexus for Germany. We find that older firms pay on average higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262131
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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2005
context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262197