while their risk of becoming unemployed was lower. In particular in eastern Germany, joining firms that were older than six …

Using a representative establishment data set for Germany, we show that more than 40 percent of plants covered by … restrictions imposed by the rather centralized system of collective bargaining in Germany, plants which make use of single …

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …

intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our …

-scale linked employer-employee data set for western Germany, this paper provides a first test of the relevance of different …

Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …

Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …

Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear shadow of death effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …