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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 … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155159
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Questioning the Stereotype of the 'Malingering Bureaucrat' : Absence from Work in the Public and Private Sector in Germany
Prümer, Stephanie - 2019
for Germany, we indeed find absenteeism of employees to be higher in the public than the private sector. The differences … that the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" seems to be an exaggeration, at least for Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868787
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Slip Sliding Away : Further Union Decline in Germany and Britain
Addison, John T. - 2010
changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147557
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Fair and Efficient Taxation Under Partial Control : Theory and Evidence
Ooghe, Erwin - 2010
There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. Such fairness considerations have been introduced in political economy and optimal income tax models with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134816
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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals
Goerke, Laszlo - 2010
In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137250
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Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence : Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform
Goerke, Laszlo - 2012
In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099789
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A Short History of the Gender Wage Gap in Britain
Bryson, Alex - 2020
After shrinking dramatically during World War Two the gender wage gap (GWG) narrowed again in the early 1970s due to the Equal Pay Act. The GWG has closed across birth cohorts at all points in the adult life-cycle but remains. Within birth cohort it rises to middle age before falling again....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833228
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Workplace Industrial Relations in Britain, 1980-2004
Blanchflower, David G. - 2007
There was a time before the first Workplace Industrial Relations Survey (WIRS80) in 1980 when what we knew of industrial relations was based primarily upon small scale surveys and case studies. WIRS80 marked a radical departure in the study of industrial relations for two reasons. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777981
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The Effects of Firm Size on Job Quality : A Comparative Study for Britain and France
Bryson, Alex - 2017
Using linked employer-employee data from two comparable surveys this article examines the links between non-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France – countries with very different employment regimes. The results show that job quality is better in Britain than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959061
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Is Pupil Attainment Higher in Well-Managed Schools?
Bryson, Alex - 2018
Linking the Workplace Employment Relations Surveys 2004 and 2011 to administrative data on pupil attainment in England we examine whether secondary and primary schools who deploy more intensive human resource management (HRM) practices have higher pupil attainment. We find intensive use of HRM...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906501