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Investment under company-level pacts
Bellmann, Lutz; Gerner, Hans-Dieter; Hübler, Olaf - 2013
To improve their competitiveness the companies aim to increase the funds available to finance the necessary investments. In order to reduce wage costs company-specific deviations from industry-level wage contracts are concluded. Company-level pacts between the management and the works council...
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Employment protection legislation, labor courts, and effective firing costs
Jimeno, Juan F.; Martínez-Matute, Marta; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 9 (2020) 1/2, pp. 1-26
In many countries, labor courts play a central role in the determination of firing costs by monitoring and supervising the procedures for dismissals, and, eventually, deciding severance payments mandated by the employment protection legislation (EPL). To get some insights about the impact of...
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Rigidität durch Flexibilität : flexible Arbeit und das Wachstum von Managementbürokratien
Kleinknecht, Alfred Herrmann; Kwee, Zenlin; Budyanto, … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 95 (2015) 12, pp. 851-856
Mehr Flexibilität im Arbeitsmarkt hat kürzere und flüchtigere Beziehungen zwischen Arbeitgeber und Arbeitnehmer zur Folge. Damit erodieren Vertrauen und Loyalität, wodurch Betriebe mehr Manager benötigen, um die Folgen einzudämmen. Die Autoren zeigen am Beispiel der Niederlande, dass...
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Labor in the boardroom
Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Heining, Jörg - 2020
We estimate the effects of a mandate allocating a third of corporate board seats to workers (shared governance). We study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for new firm cohorts but locked it in for incumbents. Rejecting the canonical hold-up prediction - that increasing...
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The Long Awaited Reform of the German Works Constitution Act
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus - 2021
German law guaranteeing works councils is not a datum. The thrust of legislation has changed significantly on a number of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in the form of the Works Constitution Reform Act marks a controversial swing in favor of works council formation and...
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The long awaited reform of the German works constitution act
Addison, John T. (contributor) - 2002
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The long awaited reform of the German Works Constitution Act
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2002
German law guaranteeing works councils is not a datum. The thrust of legislation has changed significantly on a number of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in the form of the Works Constitution Reform Act marks a controversial swing in favor of works council formation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405872
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How Has COVID-19 Impacted Research Production in Economics and Finance?
Kruger, Samuel; Maturana, Gonzalo; Nickerson, Jordan - 2022
Following the onset of COVID-19, research production in economics and finance (measured by the posting of working papers) increased by 29%. Production increases were widespread across geographies, job titles, departments, and ages with larger increases in top departments and for people under the...
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Role of professionalism in response to the COVID-19 pandemic : does a public health or medical background help?
Li, Xun; Lai, Weizheng; Wan, Qianqian; Chen, Xi - 2021
variations may be explained by bureaucrats' professionalism, as measured by their educational background or work experience in … public health or medicine. To investigate the effects of officials' professionalism on their response to and performance in … rapidly than those lacked such backgrounds. Our findings highlight the importance of professionalism in combating the pandemic. …
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Role of professionalism in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: does a public health or medical background help?
Li, Xun; Lai, Weizheng; Wan, Qianqian; Chen, Xi - 2021
variations may be explained by bureaucrats' professionalism, as measured by their educational background or work experience in … public health or medicine. To investigate the effects of officials' professionalism on their response to and performance in … rapidly than those lacked such backgrounds. Our findings highlight the importance of professionalism in combating the pandemic. …
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