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Works Councils and the Anatomy of Wages
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Zwick, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer-employee data (specifically, the LIAB for 2001). We find that works councils are associated with higher earnings. The wage premium is around 11 percent (and is higher under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822757
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Worker Productivity and Wages: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Lopes, Ana Sofia; Teixeira, Paulino - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This study compares the determinants of productivity and wages at both firm and worker level. In the firm … proxy for unobserved worker productivity. Our results point to the presence of sizeable spillover effects from schooling and … training as their impact is bigger on firm-level productivity equations than on the corresponding worker-level equations. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598556
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Union Decline and the Coverage Wage Gap in Germany
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Stephani, Jens; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using linked employer-employee data, this paper estimates the effect of collective bargaining coverage on wages over an interval of continuing decline in unionism. Unobserved firm and worker heterogeneity is dealt with using two establishment sub-samples, comprising collective bargaining joiners...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010786981
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Is the erosion thesis overblown? Evidence from the orientation of uncovered employers
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Evers, Katalin; … - 2012
It is sometimes claimed that the coverage of collective bargaining in Germany is considerably understated because of orientation, a process whereby uncovered firms profess to shadow the wages set under sectoral bargaining. Yet importantly, at a time when collective bargaining proper has been in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283987
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Worker productivity and wages: Evidence from linked employer-employee data
Lopes, Ana Sofia; Teixeira, Paulino - 2012
This study compares the determinants of productivity and wages at both firm and worker level. In the firm … proxy for unobserved worker productivity. Our results point to the presence of sizeable spillover effects from schooling and … training as their impact is bigger on firm-level productivity equations than on the corresponding worker-level equations. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291452
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Union Decline and the Coverage Wage Gap in Germany
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Stephani, Jens; … - 2014
Using linked employer-employee data, this paper estimates the effect of collective bargaining coverage on wages over an interval of continuing decline in unionism. Unobserved firm and worker heterogeneity is dealt with using two establishment sub-samples, comprising collective bargaining joiners...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377351
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Is the Erosion Thesis Overblown? Evidence from the Orientation of Uncovered Employers
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Evers, Katalin; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
It is sometimes claimed that the coverage of collective bargaining in Germany is considerably understated because of orientation, a process whereby uncovered firms profess to shadow the wages set under sectoral bargaining. Yet importantly, at a time when collective bargaining proper has been in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207669