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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 … varieties of capitalism approach, which sees business as protagonists, or at least consenters, in the development of job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269936
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Prospective NATO or EU membership and institutional change in transition countries
Belke, Ansgar; Bordon, Ingo G.; Melnykovska, Inna; … - 2009
This paper quantifies the impact of incentives related to potential membership on institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 we show that pre-accession incentives provided by EU and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278016
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Land use rights, market transitions, and labor policy change in China (1980-4)
Chen, Yiu-por - 2012
This paper provides a systematic analysis of the way shifts in property utilization rights in China induced another sequence of institutional changes that led to the rise of rural-urban labor migration from 1980 to 1984, a critical period in the country's market transition. I show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282616
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Sectoral explanations of employment in Europe: the role of services
D'Agostino, Antonello; Serafini, Roberta; Ward, Melanie E. - 2006
This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU-15, for the aggregate service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in the share of service-related jobs in total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277105
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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 - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from … varieties of capitalism approach, which sees business as protagonists, or at least consenters, in the development of job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466028
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The gradual transformation of continental European labor markets: France and Germany compared
Eichhorst, Werner - 2007
Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268350
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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.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269468
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Social Norms, Endogenous Sorting and the Culture of Cooperation
Fehr, Ernst; Williams, Tony - 2018
Throughout human history, informal sanctions played a key role in the enforcement of social norms and the provision of public goods. However, a considerable body of evidence suggests that informal peer sanctions often cause large efficiency costs. This raises the question whether alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873461
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Creating an Efficient Culture of Cooperation
Fehr, Ernst; Williams, Tony - 2017
Throughout human history, informal sanctions by peers were ubiquitous and played a key role in the enforcement of social norms and the provision of public goods. However, a considerable body of evidence suggests that informal peer sanctions cause large collateral damage and efficiency costs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786981
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Do labour market institutions matter? Micro-level wage effects of international outsourcing in three European countries
Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger; Munch, Jakob Roland - 2007
labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265532