Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

Study (PIRLS) for fourth graders. Our analysis covers six European countries, Germany, France, Iceland, the Netherlands … analysis covers six European countries, Germany, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Peer effects are of … school. Although some countries, like Germany, track students into a rigid system of separate schools at the secondary …

The paper sheds light on the impact of local human capital endowments on individual wages in Western Germany. Using …