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Works Councils and the Productivity Impact of Direct Employee Participation

Zwick, Thomas - 2003

This paper measures the productivity impact of management-led participative establishment practices. On the basis of a representative German establishment data set, the IAB establishment panel, the study finds that the presence of team-work, a reduction of hierarchies and autonomous work groups...

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Wage insurance within German firms: do institutions matter?

Guertzgen, Nicole - 2009

Using a large linked employer-employee data set, this paper studies the extent to which employers insure workers against transitory and permanent firm-level shocks. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the amount of wage insurance depends on the nature of industrial relations....

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Rising Wage Dispersion, After All ! The German Wage Structure at the Turn of the Century

Kohn, Karsten - 2006

throughout the years 1992{2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. …

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The use of flexible working contracts in West Germany: evidence from an establishment panel

Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - 2001

This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...

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Should low-wage workers care about where they work? Assessing the impact of employer characteristics on low-wage mobility

Guertzgen, Nicole; Heinze, Anja - 2010

This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the …

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Gender Earnings Gap in German Firms: The Impact of Firm Characteristics and Institutions

Heinze, Anja; Wolf, Elke - 2006

Germany. The innovation of our research is that we do not just compare average male and female wages (of specific groups of … than the average overall GWG. Furthermore, we can show that firms with formalized co-determination (works council) and …

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There's no Place Like Home: A Strategic Framework to Overcome Liability of Foreignness in the German Car Market

Sofka, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Jörg - 2005

Germany through firm-specific advantages. Still, some face significant challenges. A submarket analysis shows that home market … advantages are more deeply rooted in the Western part of Germany and that foreign competitors find a more accessible competitive … environment in Eastern Germany. Therefore, East Germany is a superior platform for deploying effective and efficient …

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Private Incentives to Innovate: Interplay of New Products and Brand-Name Reputation

Leheyda, Nina - 2008

This paper studies the introduction of new products (increase in product variety) in the automobile industry. The focus is on the two sources of market power that may allow the firms to get higher profits (and, thus, recoup investments): new products and brand-name reputation. The effects of new...

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Competition and trust: Evidence from German car manufacturers

Felli, Leonardo; Koenen, Johannes; Stahl, Konrad O. - 2011

We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers. Using unique survey data on individual supplier-buyer relationships in the German automotive industry, we show, by means of different measures of supplier-buyer trust, that higher...

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Changes in Union Membership Over Time: A Panel Analysis for West Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Beck, Martin - 2003

Despite the apparent stability of the wage bargaining institutions in West Germany, aggregate union membership has been …

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