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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001
This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...
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Der Flächentarifvertrag : eine kritische Würdigung aus ökonomischer Sicht
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1999
auf. Denn Lohnverhandlungen ausschließlich auf der betrieblichen Ebene führen dort zu teilweise beachtlichen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443451
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Rising wage inequality, the decline of collective bargaining, and the gender wage gap
Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin - 2010
This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany between 2001 and 2006. Based on detailed linked employer-employee data, we show that wage inequality is rising strongly – driven not only by...
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A sequential decomposition of the drop in collective bargaining coverage
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin - 2015
Union representation has been in strong decline in most OECD countries with potentially important consequences for …
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Industry-level wage bargaining : a partial rehabilitation : the German experience
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1999
In order to reduce unemployment, it is often recommended that industry-level wage bargaining in Germany should be replaced by a more decentralized system. This paper provides a critical assessment of the current wage bargaining institutions and reexamines the case for a more decentralized...
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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
coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional … setup suggests to explicitly distinguish union power as measured by net union density (NUD) in a labor market segment … regressions, this is the first empirical paper which simultaneously analyzes these three dimensions of union influence on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003650930
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Collective wage agreements and the adjustment of workers and hours in German service firms
Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence is provided on the way collective wage agreements affect the adjustment of working hours, employment and other production factors when firms from the service sector are faced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444737
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Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen
Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil basiert auf der ZEW/Creditreform Konjunkturumfrage bei unternehmensnahen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444738
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Productivity and distribution effects of codetermination in an efficient bargaining
Kraft, Kornelius - 2017
Codetermination can be regarded as an extreme regulatory intervention of the legislator in the labor market which might affect the efficiency of production and the bargaining power of labor. Based on a model that covers both efficient bargaining and employment bargaining a simple equation is...
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An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity : who invests more into R&D - the incumbent or the challenger?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000
The theoretical discussion concerning the question whether the incumbent or the (potential) entrant invests more into R&D has attracted considerable interest. This paper reports the results of an empirical study on this question using data of about 3500 German firms over the years 1992 to 1995....
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