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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 …
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Wage Equalization and Regional Misallocation : Evidence from Italian and German Provinces
Boeri, Tito - 2019
reduce inequality. We study the local and aggregate effects of collective bargaining in Italy and Germany. The two countries … West more productive than the East in Germany – but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages … based on nationwide contracts that allow for limited local wage adjustments, while Germany has moved toward a more flexible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870203
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Intrinsic Motivations of Public Sector Employees : Evidence for Germany
Dur, Robert - 2014
We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases with a worker's altruism, and increases or decreases with a worker's laziness depending on his...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052547
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Are Retirees More Satisfied? Anticipation and Adaptation Effects : A Causal Panel Analysis of German Statutory Insured and Civil Service Pensioners
Merz, Joachim - 2022
adaptation retirement effects of statutory insured and civil service pensioners in Germany.Main findings: The occupational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083803
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Risk Aversion and Sorting into Public Sector Employment
Pfeifer, Christian - 2021
This research note uses two German data sets - the large-scale German Socio-Economic Panel and unique data from own student questionnaires - to analyse the relationship between risk aversion and the choice for public sector employment. Main results are: (1) more risk averse individuals sort into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325153
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The Institutional Context of an 'Empirical Law' : The Wage Curve Under Different Regimes of Collective Bargaining
Blien, Uwe - 2009
-scale linked employer-employee data set for western Germany, this paper provides a first test of the relevance of different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155321
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Skill Gaps in the Workplace : Measurement, Determinants and Impacts
McGuinness, Seamus - 2015
Optimal training decisions require employers to have accurate information about their workers' training needs. However, little is known with regard to the key factors determining the accurate transmission of worker training requirements. Using one of the few linked employer-employee surveys in...
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Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Wake of the Great Recession
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2015
This paper provides the first definitive estimates of union density in Portugal, 2010-2012, using a unique dataset. The determinants of union density at firm level are first modeled. Next, we draw upon a very recent study of the union wage premium to provide summary estimates of the union wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024915
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Institutional Features of Wage Bargaining in 23 European Countries, the US and Japan
Du Caju, Philip; Gautier, Erwan; Momferatou, Daphne; … - 2021
This paper presents information on wage bargaining institutions, collected using a standardized questionnaire. Our data provide information from 1995 and 2006, for four sectors of activity and the aggregate economy, considering 23 European countries, plus the US and Japan. Main findings include...
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Do Changes in Regulation Affect Employment Duration in Temporary Work Agencies?
Antoni, Manfred; Jahn, Elke J. - 2021
Over the past three decades Germany has repeatedly deregulated the law on temporary agency work by stepwise increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317408