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Labour's law?
Jahn, Elke J.; Wagner, Thomas - 2001
A cross section analysis of 23 OECD members shows that there is an 'antagonistic' relationship between the legal protection of investor interests on the one hand and labour interests on the other: the stronger the legal protection of investor rights in a country, the less developed are the...
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Ireland, the United Kingdom and the legal and voluntary framework for dispute
Mulvey, Kieran - 2009
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Legal regulation, institutions and industrial relations
Dickens, Linda - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276341
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The distribution of top incomes in five Anglo-Saxon countries over the twentieth century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270632
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The problem of overskilling in Australia and Britain
Mavromaras, Kostas; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C.; … - 2007
This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … Australia, but the wage penalty associated with overskilling increases with education. Although the general patterns of … overskilling (prevalence and penalties) are fairly similar between Australia and Britain, the problem appears to be greater in …
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An economic analysis of dismissal legislation: Determinants of severance pay in West Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2009
Severance pay is a vital part of employment protection legislation (EPL). We investigate the incidence and level of severance pay for dismissed employees. Our theoretical model predicts that not only the law and its interpretation by labour courts but also the costs of a suit have an impact....
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Eine Europäische Arbeitslebensversicherung? Auf den Spuren des Revolutionärs Immanuel Kant
Schmid, Günther - 2021
Die Arbeitsmarktpolitik auf europäischer Ebene hat durch die Krisen der letzten Jahre wiederholt neue Impulse erhalten. Mit den Initiativen für eine europäische Arbeitslosenrückversicherung, einen europäischen Mindestlohn, eine europäische Jugendgarantie und - vor kurzem - Europäische...
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The communicative power of trade unionism: labour law, political opportunity structure and social movement strategy
Ioannou, Gregoris - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 27 (2020) 3, pp. 286-309
This article argues that more emphasis should be paid to the communicative power of trade unionism because it may constitute a starting point or a privileged standpoint which a trade union may use to counter its weakness regarding its other sources of power. Reviewing the trade union...
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Labour Dispute Rules and Strikes in the European Union
Ochel, Wolfgang; Selwitschka, Markus - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 2, pp. 63-66
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When Voicelessness Meets Speechlessness – Struggling for Equity in Chinese-Ghanaian Employment Relations
Giese, Karsten; Thiel, Alena - 2012
In this article Chinese-Ghanaian employment relations are analyzed using the concepts of foreignness, the psychological contract, equity, and cross-cultural communication. Based on a qualitative study conducted in Accra, Ghana, we discuss the labor market in general and introduce the conditions...
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