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Substitution elasticities between capital, labour, material, electricity and fossil fuels in German producing and service sectors
Koschel, Henrike - 2000
In this paper, substitutional relationships between capital, labour, material, electricity, and fossil fuels in German … the Morishima elasticity of substitution, labour and capital are substitutes in all sectors. Labour is generally a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444715
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Outsourcing of services, imported materials and the demand for heterogeneous labour : an application of a generalised Box-Cox function
Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2000
This paper examines the effects that purchased services and imported intermediate materials have on the labour demand … output and capital growth are more important in explaining the demand for heterogeneous labour than substitution effects … between labour and non-labour inputs. Similarly, the increasing use of both imported materials and purchased services is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445002
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A sequential decomposition of the drop in collective bargaining coverage
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin - 2015
percentage points for females in West, and eight and 14 percentage points, respectively, in East Germany. We find that neither …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532456
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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 … einen unzureichenden Rückschluss auf den Organisationsgrad der tatsächlich beschäftigten Arbeitnehmer. Diese Arbeit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441142
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448656
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Workers, firms, or institutions : what determines job duration for male employees in Germany?
Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor);  … - 2008
We examine job durations of German workers using linked employeremployee data. Our results indicate that exit rates are strongly influenced by firm characteristics. The effects of some of these characteristics, however, are limited to particular job positions or skill groups. There is clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793918
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Why pay seniority wages?
Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2009
This paper characterises establishments that pay higher seniority wages than their competitors. It tests whether seniority wages are paid on the basis of agency, human capital or efficiency wage considerations. A representative linked employeremployee panel and an innovative two-step estimation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806190
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Wage insurance within German firms : do institutions matter?
Gürtzgen, 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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873008
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Works councils and the anatomy of wages
Addison, John T. (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer-employee data (specifically, the LIAB for 2001). We find that works councils are associated with higher earnings. The wage premium is around 11 percent (and is higher under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003401059