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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : evidence from quantile regressions
Wagner, Joachim; Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee … plants at the top end of the conditional productivity distribution - plants that can be considered 'over achievers.' We would … enhances productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002504494
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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : first evidence from quantile regressions
Wagner, Joachim; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2006
demonstrates that the impact of works council presence on labor productivity varies between manufacturing and services, between … plants that are or are not covered by collective bargaining, and along the conditional distribution of labor productivity. No … productivity effects of works councils are found for the service sector and in manufacturing plants not covered by collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317950
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Do exporters really pay higher wages? : First evidence from German linked employer-employee data
Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - In: Journal of international economics 72 (2007) 1, pp. 52-74
Many plant-level studies find that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employeremployee data from Germany to analyze this exporter wage premium. We show that the wage differential becomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003474473
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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : first evidence from quantile regressions
Wagner, Joachim; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 226 (2006) 5, pp. 505-518
demonstrates that the impact of works council presence on labor productivity varies between manufacturing and services, between … plants that are or are not covered by collective bargaining, and along the conditional distribution of labor productivity... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003386209
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Do exporters really pay higher wages? : First evidence from German linked employer-employee data
Schank, Thorsten (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2006
Many plant-level studies find that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to analyze this exporter wage premium. We show that the wage differential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003350577
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Works Councils, Labor Productivity and Plant Heterogeneity : Evidence from Quantile Regressions
Wagner, Joachim; Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2021
the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee … plants at the top end of the conditional productivity distribution - plants that can be considered 'over achievers.' We would … enhances productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318872
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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : evidence from quantile regressions
Wagner, Joachim; Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2004
the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013357774
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Higher wages in exporting firms: self-selection, export effect, or both? : first evidence from German linked employer-employee data
Schank, Thorsten (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2008
While it is a stylized fact that exporting firms pay higher wages than non-exporting firms, the direction of the link between exporting and wages is less clear. Using a rich set of German linked employer-employee panel data we follow over time plants that start to export. We show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635586
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Higher wages in exporting firms: self-selection, export effect, or both? : first evidence from German employer-employee data
Schank, Thorsten (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2008
While it is a stylized fact that exporting firms pay higher wages than nonexporting firms, the direction of the link between exporting and wages is less clear. Using a rich set of German linked employer-employee panel data we follow over time plants that start to export. We show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003648400
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Works councils in the production process
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : journal of contextual economics 126 (2006) 2, pp. 251-283
This paper uses data from a nationally representative panel of establishments to estimate the effects of German works councils on firm performance, 1997 - 2000. We analyze the impact of this institution on sales and sales growth using OLC and fixed effect estimates of a translog production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003379308