reduce inequality. We study the local and aggregate effects of collective bargaining in Italy and Germany. The two countries … West more productive than the East in Germany – but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages …, while in Germany the relationship between non-employment and productivity is significantly weaker. In Italy, the …

Italy and Germany have similar geographical differences in productivity - North more productive than South in Italy …; West more productive than East in Germany - but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages based on … nationwide contracts that allow for limited local wage adjustments, while Germany has moved toward a more flexible system that …

reduce inequality. We study the local and aggregate effects of collective bargaining in Italy and Germany. The two countries … West more productive than the East in Germany - but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages …, while in Germany the relationship between non-employment and productivity is significantly weaker. In Italy, the …

reunification. Our research is based on a comparison of three groups of workers defined as stayers, migrants and commuters to West … Germany, who lived in East Germany in 1989, with groups of West German statistical twin workers, all taken from the Socio …. Wages of migrants to West Germany equal the ones of their West German statistical twins. We conclude that labor markets in …

Vergleich der Konfidenzintervalle folgen. Zur besseren statistischen Vergleichbarkeit der Ergebnisse wird neben dem 3SLS … deutlich unterschiedliche Bildungsrenditen für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, aber auch für Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen im Vergleich …