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This paper makes three contributions to the literature on the effects of collective bargaining on the performance of German establishments. We include the analysis of firms' efficiency and we model productivity and efficiency simultaneously. Confronted with 25 % observations with missing values,...
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We argue that in labor markets with central wage bargaining wage flexibility varies systematically across the wage distribution: local wage flexibility is more relevant for the upper part of the wage distribution, and flexibility of wages negotiated under central wage bargaining affects the...
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Collective bargaining agreements still play an important role in the German wage setting system. Both existing theoretical and empirical studies find that collective bargaining leads to higher wages compared to individually agreed ones. However, the impact of collective bargaining on the wage...
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This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under different wage setting structures. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model that analyses the sensitivity of wages to the variability in productivity conditions in...
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Die zunehmende Arbeitslosigkeit in der Bundesrepublik äußert sich in einer Außenverlagerung der Beveridge-Kurve. In … Konstellation dar. Entwertet sich das Humankapital während der Arbeitslosigkeit, führt schon ein schwacher Abschwung zu einer … dauerhaften Zunahme der Arbeitslosigkeit. Der Effekt wird durch die Berücksichtigung von Insider-Lohnsetzung zusätzlich verstärkt …
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We argue that in labor markets with central wage bargaining wage flexibility varies systematically across the wage distribution: local wage flexibility is more relevant for the upper part of the wage distribution, and flexibility of wages negotiated under central wage bargaining affects the...
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