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The Structure of Collective Bargaining and Worker Representation : Change and Persistence in the German Model

Addison, John T. - 2011

This paper depicts and examines the decline in collective bargaining coverage in Germany. Using repeat cross-section and longitudinal data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show the overwhelming importance of behavioral as opposed to compositional change and, for the first time, document...

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The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation : Transitions between States and Their Determinants - A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Great Britain

Addison, John T. - 2009

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said, comparatively little is known in any detail of the changing pattern of the institutions of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany and still less in both countries...

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Changes in Bargaining Status and Intra-Plant Wage Dispersion in Germany : A Case of (Almost) Plus Ça Change?

Addison, John T. - 2014

union representation.Using linked employer-employee data, our estimation strategy hinges upon the identification of …

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Slip Sliding Away : Further Union Decline in Germany and Britain

Addison, John T. - 2010

This paper presents the first comparative analysis of the decline in collective bargaining in two European countries where that decline has been most pronounced. Using workplace-level data and a common model, we present decompositions of changes in collective bargaining and worker representation...

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Indicative and Updated Estimates of the Collective Bargaining Premium in Germany

Addison, John T. - 2013

This study provides updated evidence on the union contract differential in Germany using establishment-wide wage data … and two estimation strategies. It provides pairwise estimates of the union differential based on separate samples of … size and industry affiliation, inter al., is one of wage stagnation and continuing union decline …

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Collective Bargaining and Innovation in Germany : Cooperative Industrial Relations?

Addison, John T. - 2014

are embedded, may tip the balance in favor of a beneficial union effect.In the present paper, we assemble nationally …

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The State of Collective Bargaining and Worker Representation in Germany : The Erosion Continues

Addison, John T. - 2010

This paper investigates trends in collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany from 2000 to 2008. It seeks to update and widen earlier analyses pointing to a decline in collective bargaining, while providing more information on the dual system as a whole. Using data from the IAB...

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Productivity and distribution effects of codetermination in an efficient bargaining

Kraft, Kornelius - 2017

Codetermination can be regarded as an extreme regulatory intervention of the legislator in the labor market which might affect the efficiency of production and the bargaining power of labor. Based on a model that covers both efficient bargaining and employment bargaining a simple equation is...

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Worker Representation and Temporary Employment in Germany : The Deployment and Extent of Fixed-Term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work

Addison, John T. - 2018

This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and agency temps. We report inter al. that works councils are associated with a higher number of temporary agency workers when demand volatility is high while the opposite holds for...

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An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity : who invests more into R&D - the incumbent or the challenger?

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000

The theoretical discussion concerning the question whether the incumbent or the (potential) entrant invests more into R&D has attracted considerable interest. This paper reports the results of an empirical study on this question using data of about 3500 German firms over the years 1992 to 1995....

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