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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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Union density and varieties of coverage : the anatomy of union wage effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); Kohn, Karsten (contributor) - 2008
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003650930
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Firm heterogeneity and wages under different bargaining regimes : does a centralised union care for low-productivity firms?
Gürtzgen, Nicole (contributor) - 2009
This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under different wage setting structures. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model that analyses the sensitivity of wages to the variability in productivity conditions in...
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Estimating the wage premium of collective wage contracts : evidence from longitudinal linked employer-employee data
Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2012
Using a large-scale linked-employer-employee data set from western Germany, this paper presents new evidence on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663321
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The erosion of Union membership in Germany : determinants, densities, decompositions
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); Kohn, Karsten (contributor) - 2006
Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace …-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain … differences between East and West Germany as well as the corresponding changes in NUD over time. Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003369992
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Wer ist noch Mitglied in Gewerkschaften? : eine Panelanalyse für Westdeutschland
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Haggeney, Isabelle; Ernst, Michaela - 1998
War mit der Vereinigung Deutschlands ein starker Anstieg in der Mitgliederzahl der Gewerkschaften in Deutschland …
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Economic downturn and volunteering : do economic crises affect content generation on Wikipedia?
Kummer, Michael E.; Slivko, Olga; Zhang, Michael - 2015
In this paper, we address the impact of surging unemployment on online public good provision. Specifically, we ask how drastically increased unemployment affects voluntary contributions of content to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. We put together a monthly country-level data set, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381947
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Economic downturn and volunteering : do economic crises affect content generation on Wikipedia?
Kummer, Michael E.; Slivko, Olga; Zhang, Michael - 2016 - This Version: February 2016
In this paper, we address the impact of surging unemployment on online public good provision. Specifically, we ask how drastically increased unemployment affects voluntary contributions of content to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. We put together a monthly country-level data set, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478744
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Unemployment and online labor
Borchert, Kathrin; Hirth, Matthias; Kummer, Michael E.; … - 2018
Online labor markets experienced a rapid growth in recent years. They allow for long-distance transactions and offer workers access to a potentially 'global' pool of labor demand. As such, they bear the potential to act as a substitute for shrinking local income opportunities. Using detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843130
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Economic downturn and volunteering : do economic crises affect content generation on Wikipedia?
Kummer, Michael E.; Slivko, Olga; Zhang, Michael - 2017 - This version: September 2017
Economic restructuring provides an opportunity for socially valuable product and process innovation. However, it's not clear whether displaced workers engage in socially useful activities as well. This question is particularly pressing when the advancement of computer technology creates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778108