Nach einer Analyse der Geschichte der Arbeitsverwaltung und der Arbeitsmarktpolitik zwischen 1927 und 2005 ist zu … letzten Reformen am Arbeitsmarkt einige dieser strukturbildenden Pfade verlassen worden.Die Entwicklung auf dem Gebiet der …

This paper estimates the steady state mark-ups of 23 branches of activity in seven developed countries (USA, Japan … a clear dichotomy between two groups of countries: USA and UK, with the lowest mark-ups, and Japan and Germany, in the … mark ups in Italy, France and Germany ; on the contrary, in USA, Japan, UK and Spain they have diminished. In the case of …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …

on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …

-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …