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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 … restrictions imposed by the rather centralized system of collective bargaining in Germany, plants which make use of single …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269109
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The institutional context of an empirical law: the wage curve under different regimes of collective bargaining
Blien, Uwe; Dauth, Wolfgang; Schank, Thorsten; … - 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/10010271273
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Wage cyclicality under different regimes of industrial relations
Gartner, Hermann; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2010
Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274606
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Do Unions and Works Councils Really Dampen the Gender Pay Gap? Discordant Evidence from Germany
Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus; Töpfer, Marina - 2020
Using a large employer-employee dataset, we provide new evidence on the relationship between the gender pay gap and industrial relations from within German workplaces. Controlling for unobserved workplace heterogeneity, we find no evidence that introducing or abandoning collective agreements or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270254
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Uncovered Workers in Plants Covered by Collective Bargaining: Who Are They and How Do They Fare?
Hirsch, Boris; Lentge, Philipp; Schnabel, Claus - 2022
In Germany, employers used to pay union members and non-members in a plant the same union wage in order to prevent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177753
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Is There a Union Wage Premium in Germany and Which Workers Benefit Most?
Bonaccolto-Töpfer, Marina; Schnabel, Claus - 2023
union wage premium in Germany of almost three percent which is not simply a collective bargaining premium. Given that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296588
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Centralized vs. Decentralized Wage Formation: The Role of Firms' Production Technology
Hirsch, Boris; Merkl, Christian; Müller, Steffen; … - 2014
setting due to labor cost and straitjacket effects. As firms in Germany are allowed to choose their wage formation regime, we … test these two hypotheses with representative establishment data for West Germany. We find that establishments with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377352
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The German Model of Industrial Relations: (Where) Does It Still Exist?
Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus - 2017
service sector and in eastern Germany, and its extent is increasing dramatically. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786914
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The Institutional Context of an "Empirical Law": The Wage Curve under Different Regimes of Collective Bargaining
Blien, Uwe; Dauth, Wolfgang; Schank, Thorsten; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10008578120
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Centralized vs. Decentralized Wage Formation: The Role of Firms' Production Technology
Hirsch, Boris; Merkl, Christian; Müller, Steffen; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
setting due to labor cost and straitjacket effects. As firms in Germany are allowed to choose their wage formation regime, we … test these two hypotheses with representative establishment data for West Germany. We find that establishments with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103271