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The interplay between trade unions and the social security system in an aging economy
Friese, Max - 2017
The paper investigates the impacts of demographic change on the financial sustainability of a pay-as-you-go social security system in an economy with unemployment caused by trade unions. Using a simple two-period overlapping generations approach, it can be shown that the trade union behavior...
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Erosion des Flächentarifsystems macht eine Wettbewerbsaufsicht auf dem Arbeitsmarkt notwendig
Haucap, Justus; Wey, Christian - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 6, pp. 61-65
Der Lohnfindungsprozess in Deutschland ist einem starken Wandel unterworfen, denn das Flächentarifsystem befindet sich auf dem Rückzug. Stattdessen gewinnen Individualarbeitsverträge sowie konkurrierende und berufsständische Kollektivverträge an Bedeutung. Politik und Rechtsprechung...
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Wage determination in the shadow of the law : the case of works councilors in Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2021
The German law on co-determination at the plant level (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) stipulates that works councilors are neither to be financially rewarded nor penalized for their activities. This regulation contrasts with publicized instances of excessive payments. The divergence has sparked a...
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Wage determination in the shadow of the law: the case of works councilors in Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2021
The German law on co-determination at the plant level (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) stipulates that works councilors are neither to be financially rewarded nor penalized for their activities. This regulation contrasts with publicized instances of excessive payments. The divergence has sparked a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012435622
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Firm Heterogeneity and Wages Under Different Bargaining Regimes: Does a Centralised Union Care for Low-productivity Firms?
Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2009
This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under … wages to the variability in productivity conditions in a unionsised oligopoly framework. The model distinguishes centralised … and decentralised wage determination. The theoretical results predict wages to be negatively associated with the degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298712
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Should low-wage workers care about where they work? Assessing the impact of employer characteristics on low-wage mobility
Guertzgen, Nicole; Heinze, Anja - 2010
This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the initial conditions problem and the endogeneity of employer retention, we model (intra-firm) low-pay transitions using a multivariate Probit model that accounts for selection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301688
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Should low-wage workers care about where they work? : assessing the impact of employer characteristics on low-wage mobility
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Heinze, Anja - 2010
This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the initial conditions problem and the endogeneity of employer retention, we model (intra-firm) low-pay transitions using a multivariate Probit model that accounts for selection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008652553
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Should Low-Wage Workers Care About Where They Work? Assessing the Impact of Employer Characteristics on Low-Wage Mobility
Guertzgen, Nicole - 2010
This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the initial conditions problem and the endogeneity of employer retention, we model (intra-firm) low-pay transitions using a multivariate Probit model that accounts for selection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138980
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Firm Heterogeneity and Wages under Different Bargaining Regimes : Does a Centralised Union Care for Low-Productivity Firms?
Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2009
This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under … wages to the variability in productivity conditions in a unionsised oligopoly framework. The model distinguishes centralised … and decentralised wage determination. The theoretical results predict wages to be negatively associated with the degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718004
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The Economics of Regional Demarcation in Banking
Raab, Simone; Welzel, Peter - 2010
Cooperation among savings and cooperative banks was criticized by the European Commission because of potentially anti-competitive effects. In an industrial economics model of banks taking deposits and giving loans we look at regional demarcation as one of such cooperative practices. There are...
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