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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 …

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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...

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Kollektive Lohnverhandlungen und Auslandsdirektinvestitionen : eine empirische Studie mit Firmendaten

Peters, Ralf-Henning - 2000

Diese Studie untersucht den Einfluss des Tarifvertragssystems auf die Entscheidung von Unternehmen, im Ausland zu investieren. Ein Lohnverhandlungsmodell zeigt, dass produktive Unternehmen durch Flächentarifverträge im Heimatland begünstigt werden und seltener im Ausland investieren als bei...

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Employment effects of work sharing : an econometric analysis for West Germany

Steiner, Viktor; Peters, Ralf-Henning - 2000

In this paper we estimate the employment effects of a reduction in weekly normal hours in West German manufacturing on the basis of an econometric models using industry panel data. We distinguish between unskilled, skilled and high-skilled workers and show that labor demand elasticities with...

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Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor : what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?

Wolf, Elke - 2000

Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … additional work-sharing in Germany. Furthermore, the match between actual and desired hours of Germans would improve if Germans … that hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more flexible labor market. …

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Does work time flexibility work? : An empirical assessment of the efficiency effects for German firms

Wolf, Elke (contributor); Beblo, Miriam (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Is there a wage premium or wage discount for flexible hours?

Beblo, Miriam; Heinze, Anja; Wolf, Elke - 2004

With flexible work time arrangements firms can quickly adjust to demand fluctuations, while employees may benefit from more time sovereignty. Depending on the specific type of arrangement the accompanying wage effects are ambiguous and have rarely been analyzed. According to the theory of...