Comparing aggregate statistics and surveying selected empirical studies, this paper shows that the characteristics and results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly in others even 25 years after unification. Whereas...

Comparing aggregate statistics and surveying selected empirical studies, this paper shows that the characteristics and results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly in others even 25 years after unification. Whereas...

Comparing aggregate statistics and surveying selected empirical studies, this paper shows that the characteristics and results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly in others even 25 years after unification. Whereas...

Chapter 1. Introduction: Revisiting Networks: setting the conceptual and methodological scene -- Chapter 2. The direct and indirect role of migrants’ networks in accessing diverse labour market sectors: an analysis of the weak/ strong ties continuum -- Chapter 3. Are “weak ties” really...

Die öffentliche Meinung „gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit“ findet man häufig, wenn die Verdienstmöglichkeiten in Ost- und Westdeutschland thematisiert werden. Nach der Wiedervereinigung erwirkten die Gewerkschaften eine rasche Tariflohnangleichung. Dies geschah auch zum Schutz der...

Seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre verfolgen die Tarifparteien in Deutschland überwiegend eine moderate Lohnpolitik. Diese hat die Lohnstückkostenposition verbessert und die internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit gesteigert. Gleichzeitig unterstützte die Lohnpolitik im Zusammenspiel mit den...

Conventional theory predicts that productivity gains lead to pay hikes. Pay increases, however, can influence labor productivity. But what about in a corporatist economy? Focusing on Germany, we use an innovative technique developed by Geweke to disentangle the relationship between pay and...

There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence is provided on the way collective wage agreements affect the adjustment of working hours, employment and other production factors when firms from the service sector are faced...