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The German Model of Industrial Relations: (Where) Does It Still Exist?
Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus - 2017
Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel, this paper charts changes in the two main pillars of the German IR model over the last 20 years. It shows that collective bargaining coverage and worker representation via works councils have substantially fallen outside the public...
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Reforming German labor market institutions: a dual path to flexibility
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2009
Germany has always been one of the prime examples of institutional complementarities between social insurance, a rather passive welfare state, strong employment protection and collective bargaining that stabilize diversified quality production. This institutional arrangement was criticized for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268995
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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.; Teixeira, Paulino; Grunau, Philipp; … - 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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The use of flexible measures to cope with economic crises in Germany and Brazil
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Pastore, José - 2011
This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil with particular emphasis on industrial relations, wage setting, unemployment benefits, employment protection and vocational training. The paper shows that institutions determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286863
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Employer preferences and social policy: Business and the development of job security regulations in Germany since World War I
Emmenegger, Patrick; Marx, Paul - 2010
This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from their creation in the inter-war period to the dawn of the crisis of the 'German Model' in the 1980s. It contrasts the varieties of capitalism approach, which sees business as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269936
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Paying more than necessary? The wage cushion in Germany
Jung, Sven; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
Using a representative establishment data set for Germany, we show that more than 40 percent of plants covered by collective agreements pay wages above the level stipulated in the agreement, which gives rise to a wage cushion between the levels of actual and contractual wages. Cross-sectional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269109
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Welfare and employment: a European dilemma?
Eichhorst, Werner; Hemerijck, Anton - 2008
The majority of the Member States of the European Union have undertaken remarkably comprehensive welfare and labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269379
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Firm Wage Premia, Industrial Relations, and Rent Sharing in Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen - 2018
This paper investigates the influence of industrial relations on firm wage premia in Germany. OLS regressions for the firm effects from a two-way fixed effects decomposition of workers' wages by Card, Heining, and Kline (2013) document that average premia are larger in firms bound by collective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816581
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The Use of Flexible Measures to Cope with Economic Crises in Germany and Brazil
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Pastore, José - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil with particular emphasis on industrial relations, wage setting, unemployment benefits, employment protection and vocational training. The paper shows that institutions determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371884
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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional … setup suggests to explicitly distinguish union power as measured by net union density (NUD) in a labor market segment … regressions, this is the first empirical paper which simultaneously analyzes these three dimensions of union influence on the …
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