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In public discussion in Germany it is often argued that jobs are mainly created in small and medium-sized firms (i.e. the Mittelstandʺ), whereas large firms tend to reduce their number of jobs. An empirical analysis for the period 1999 to 2005 with data of all western and eastern German firms...
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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. …
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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 …
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the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee …
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We estimate the effects of works councils on productivity, 1997-2000, using the IAB Establishment Panel, a nationally … in which the powers of the works council are a datum, it emerges that the positive productivity differential found in …
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We estimate the effects of works councils on productivity, 1997 - 2000, using the IAB Establishment Panel, a nationally … in which the powers of the works council are a datum, it emerges that the positive productivity differential found in …
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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...
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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/10003656938