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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016215
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324749
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Labor Disputes and Labor Flows
Fraisse, Henri - 2011
About one in four workers challenges her dismissal in front of a labor court in France. Using a data set of individual labor disputes brought to French courts over the years 1996 to 2003, we examine the impact of labor court activity on labor market flows. First, we present a simple theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125469
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Workers Made Idle by Company Strikes and the 'British Disease'
Hart, Robert A. - 2009
The strikes' literature is dominated by the causes and effects of strike action as they relate directly to strikers themselves. This paper considers another important group of affected workers - those individuals incidentally made idle as a result of the strike action of others. Using a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158520
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Does the Quality of Industrial Relations Matter for the Macro Economy? A Cross-Country Analysis Using Strikes Data
Addison, John T. - 2006
Using international data, we investigate whether the quality of industrial relations matters for the macro economy. We measure industrial relations inversely by strikes - which proxy we cross-check with an industrial relations reputation indicator - and our macro performance outcome is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782103
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Strikes, Employee Workplace Representation, Unionism, and Trust : Evidence from Cross-Country Data
Addison, John T. - 2017
This paper investigates the determinants of industrial conflict in companies, using a multi-country workplace inquiry for 2009 and 2013 and various measures of strike activity. The principal goal is to address the effect of formal workplace representation on strikes, distinguishing in the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962271