This study provides updated evidence on the union contract differential in Germany using establishment-wide wage data …

exact contribution of deununionization is a matter of debate, perhaps no more so than in Germany, our case study. The … inequality are constructed for German establishments over the twelve-year period 1996-2008, an interval of continuously declining … Germany more generally. …

the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German institution, not least in an environment of union decline. In the …In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 … present paper, we estimate the effects of works councils on productivity, 1997-2000, using a nationally representative German …

Although works councils are a core element of the German system of industrial relations, there is little reliable … Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works … of the institution and for public policy. …

context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …

Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at company … parity. And although the German system may be better than its reputation among foreigners, it might have to adapt to … globalization and the availability of alternative forms of corporate governance in the EU. …

(1997) had for France, that in Germany the coefficient for computer usage at the workplace did not remain stable and …In this paper, the role of the computer at the workplace will be examined in determining the wage structure in Germany …. Following Krueger (1993) and using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), cross-sectional wage regression results from 1997 …

representative data for Germany – for many observers the exemplar of a cooperative industrial relations regime – to investigate the … consider the North American evidence as cut and dried, this is not the case for other countries. In Europe there is some …

representative data for Germany – for many observers the exemplar of a cooperative industrial relations regime – to investigate the … consider the North American evidence as cut and dried, this is not the case for other countries. In Europe there is some …

exploiting the regression-discontinuity design of the military draft in Germany during the 1950s. Consistent estimates of …