German law guaranteeing works councils is not a datum. The thrust of legislation has changed significantly on a number of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in the form of the Works Constitution Reform Act marks a controversial swing in favor of works council formation and...

Different stochastic simulation methods are used in order to check the robustness of the outcome of policy simulations with a macroeconometric model. A macroeconometric disequilibriummodel of the West German economy is used to analyze a reform proposal for the tax system. The model was estimated...

Since 1920, the thrust of German law on workplace codetermination has changed on a number of occasions. We describe the latest swing of the legislative pendium - favoring works council formation and competence - and evaluate the case for it. We provide new information on the extent of works...

Das am 27. Juli 2001 in Kraft getretene reformierte Betriebsverfassungsgesetz war vor seiner Verabschiedung Gegenstand teils heftiger Diskussionen in Wirtschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft. Die Positionen bezüglich der zu erwartenden Konsequenzen für Kosten und Erträge der Betriebe und...

This empirical study investigates the effect of the German disability law on employment dynamics, using data from the Federal Labour Office and the IAB Establish-ment Panel. The data allow us to analyze the second threshold of this law which stated (in our observation period 1999/2000) that...

Inhalt dieses Beitrags ist die Simulation einer alternativen Geldpolitik der Deutschen Bundesbank mit Hilfe eines makrookonometrischen Ungleichgewichtsmodells. Dazu wird nach einem kurzen Überblick über das Modell für den Zeitraum 1985 bis 1988 eine Geldmengenentwicklung unterstellt, die sich...

In Germany, many labour laws and regulations apply only in establishments above a critical size, and usually these thresholds are defined by the number of employees. The existing 160 thresholds are complex and defined inconsistently, making it difficult for firms to obey the law. Moreover,...