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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 … consider the North American evidence as cut and dried, this is not the case for other countries. In Europe there is some …
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context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …
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(1997) had for France, that in Germany the coefficient for computer usage at the workplace did not remain stable and …In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany …. Following Krueger (1993) and using the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), cross-sectional wage regression results from 1997 …
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Although works councils are a core element of the German system of industrial relations, there is little reliable … Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works … of the institution and for public policy. …
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Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at company … parity. And although the German system may be better than its reputation among foreigners, it might have to adapt to … globalization and the availability of alternative forms of corporate governance in the EU. …
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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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exact contribution of deununionization is a matter of debate, perhaps no more so than in Germany, our case study. The … inequality are constructed for German establishments over the twelve-year period 1996-2008, an interval of continuously declining … Germany more generally. …
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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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