Die betriebliche Altersversorgung durch Umwandlung von Bruttoentgelt stellt eine Möglichkeit dar, individuell die durch das sinkende Leistungsniveau der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung entstehende Versorgungslücke zu schließen. Der Beitrag stellt die einschlägigen Regelungen der...

Die betriebliche Altersversorgung durch Umwandlung von Bruttoentgelt stellt eine Möglichkeit dar, individuell die durch das sinkende Leistungsniveau der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung entstehende Versorgungslücke zu schließen. Der Beitrag stellt die einschlägigen Regelungen der...

This paper provides detailed empirical evidence on the saving behavior of Irish households using micro data from the 1994/95 and 1999/2000 Household Budget Surveys. I employ synthetic cohort techniques to characterize the life cycle profile of saving rates and to examine the response of...

The theory of equalizing differences suggests that employer provided pension benefits should be compensated by reduced wage benefits for an employee’s given produc-tivity potential. This paper presents an empirical analysis of compensating wage differentials for occupational pension scheme...

Der Aufsatz stellt die Auswirkungen einer netzwerkförmig reorganisierten Wertschöpfung auf das System der Tarifpolitik zur theoretischen und empirischen Diskussion vor. Im Vordergrund steht die These, nach der eine solche (Re-)Organisation interorganisational segmentierte Belegschaften...

Abstract: How much value does collective bargaining add to the working conditions already established in general labour law? In this paper we propose a methodology to address this question: we compare the specific contents of collective agreements (except minimum wages) to their equivalent norms...

Many governments extend the coverage of collective agreements to workers and employ- ers that were not involved in their bargaining. These extensions may address coordination issues but may also distort competition by imposing sector-specific minimum wages and other work conditions that are not...

This paper documents the evolution of sector-level collective agreements in Italy and estimates the wage effects of the diffusion of non-representative agreements, often signed by unknown organisations i.e. pirate agreements. Using employer-employee data from Social Security Archives, we find...

This paper analyses the heterogeneous effects of the decentralization of collective bargaining on the incidence of wage increases and wage dispersion in Finland. We use linked employer-employee panel data for the 2005-2013 period, which includes major changes in bargain-ing systems and economic...

Using information on collective agreements and administrative data on mental ill-health, sickness absence, and job separations, we study the effect of decentralization on well-being at work in Finland. Our regression results with individual-and firm-level fixed effects show that decentralized...