Die Diskussion um eine Politik des neuen dritten Weges ist bislang durch einen Mangel an Systematik und typologischer Einordnung gekennzeichnet. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird daher die Analyse des Reformgeschehens in den EU-Ländern auf zwei Aspekte konzentriert: Die Deregulierung auf dem...

In Germany, the establishment of supervisory boards and, therefore, the board-level employee representation are mandatory, depending on the legal form and size of a company. However, the empirical analysis reveals that the bigger part of the companies observed (Limited liability companies with...

In Germany, the skill structure of wages remained stable in the last two decades while employment of the low skilled deteriorated considerably relative to employment of the high skilled. This paper analyses the impact of technical progress on the skill structure of employment and wages by means...

This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse as an indicator for the labour intensity of output growth the employment threshold (the minimum growth rate of output necessary to keep employment constant). We show for a sample of 17 OECD...

With the reform of the Works Constitution Act in 2001 legislation hat tried to stop the erosion of the institution of codetermination by facilating the creation of works councils and expanding their rights. The present paper examines the development of the presence of codetermination with pooled...

Eine Auswertung repräsentativer Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels zeigt, dass im Jahr 2000 knapp die Hälfte der westdeutschen, aber nur gut ein Viertel der ostdeutschen Betriebe durch Flächen- oder Firmentarifverträge gebunden waren, wobei die Flächentarifbindung in den letzten Jahren...

Proceeding form the optional outcome for a monopolistic trade union, the question is raised how a contract to the mutual benefit of employer and employees has to look like. The margins for an improvement for workers as well as entrepreneurs are traced out. Furthermore, a proposal of fair wages...

The paper analyzes effects of randomized response with respect to some binary dependent variable on the estimation of the probit model. This approach is used in interviews when asking sensitive questions or if a respondent erroneously chooses the wrong category in an interview leading to...

Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper demonstrates that the impact of works council presence on labor productivity varies between manufacturing and services, between plants that are or are not covered by collective...

The evaluation of economic effects of workers participation is not simple from the methodical point of view because of specific characteristics of establishments with works councils. Especially recent studies show contradictory results. In this study problems are pointed out, discussed, and...