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Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works …
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collective bargaining in Germany, a phenomenon that has been hailed as key to that nation's economic resurgence. Yet little is …
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representative data for Germany - for many observers the exemplar of a cooperative industrial relations regime - to investigate the …
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Using linked employer-employee data, this paper estimates the effect of collective bargaining coverage on wages over an interval of continuing decline in unionism. Unobserved firm and worker heterogeneity is dealt with using two establishment sub-samples, comprising collective bargaining joiners...
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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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This study provides updated evidence on the union contract differential in Germany using establishment-wide wage data …
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Based on theoretical models of job mobility this paper provides an empirical analysis of job durations in West Germany …
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This paper examines the impact of innovations and wages on the demand for heterogeneous labour. Based on matched data from the IAB-establishment panel survey and the files of the employment statistics register for the year 1995, input shares derived from a generalised Leontief cost function are...
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This paper present paper provides the first results for Germany on the impact of works councils and collective … encourage a sanguine view of recent legislation in Germany that facilitates the formation of works councils and strengthens …
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German law guaranteeing works councils is not a datum. The thrust of legislation has changed significantly on a number of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in the form of the Works Constitution Reform Act marks a controversial swing in favor of works council formation and...
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