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This paper examines the outsourcing of research and development and of innovation activities in small and medium …, is the outsourcing of these activities a viable solution for them? This paper examines the basic characteristics of … outsourcing R&D and innovation activities in SMEs, based on a survey among Slovenian companies in the manufacturing and service …
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Despite declining bargaining power, unions continue to generate a wage premium. Some feel collective bargaining has had its day. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have recently called for the removal of bargaining rights from workers in the name of wage and employment flexibility, yet...
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Wage developments and related policies that determine labor markets functioning and wage formation processes, are key factors with central importance in EMU. Flexibility in labor markets functioning and wage-setting aiming to nominal and real wage flexibility, has been the most important policy...
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Im Jahr 2001 schlossen sich fünf Gewerkschaften zur Vereinten Dienstleis­tungsgewerkschaft (ver.di) zusammen. Fünfzehn Jahre nach der Gründung fällt die ver.di-Bilanz eher gemischt aus. Die Anzahl der Mitglieder sank um 27 Prozent und die Tarifbindung ging in einzelnen Tarifbereichen...
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This paper examines the relationship between the net union density, as a measure of union power, and the wage structure within and between segments of the German labour market in the period 1985-1997 on the basis of the IAB employment sample. Individual probabilities of trade union membership...
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The objective of this paper is to analyse the flexibility opportunities of firms to respond to increasing labour market requirements and heterogeneity. Thereby, we focus on two groups of workers and two kinds of management events. The two groups of workers are female and older workers, while...
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This article aims at describing and discussing the development of wage inequality in Germany in relation to the decline in collective wage bargaining, as this could be the institutional cause for the development since the 1990s. At the same time, the polarization hypothesis is discussed. Wage...
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Countries with strong industrial relations institutions and well-established social dialogue often perform well in terms of economic growth and social cohesion. The weak and fragmented bargaining and low levels of union coverage in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) raise concerns about these...
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Der Artikel gibt einen Überblick über arbeitsmarktökonomische Studien zu Gewerkschaften und Tarifvertragsbeziehungen in Deutschland. Diese Studien untersuchen ein vielfältiges Spektrum an Fragestellungen. Hierzu zählen die Determinanten der Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft und der Tarifbindung...
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Angesichts der zunehmenden Verankerung von Öffnungsklauseln in Branchentarifverträgen besteht das Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrages darin, eine empirische Analyse der Konsequenzen für Entlohnungsniveau und -struktur solcher Klauseln vorzunehmen. Im Mittelpunkt der Analyse steht die Frage, ob...
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