Increased wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers is a stylized fact, which can be observed in many developed countries. Among the explanations advanced for this phenomenon is the increasing globalization, a skill-biased technical progress, restructuring of the firms, and last but...

This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...

Nachhaltigkeit und Ressourceneffizienz sind nicht nur im ökologischen, sondern auch im ökonomischen Sinne eine Herausforderung für Unternehmen, bei der die Beteiligung der Beschäftigten wesentlich ist. Den Betriebsräten kommt hierbei eine wichtige Rolle zu, allerdings besteht bislang weder...

In der Diskussion um die Zukunft der Betriebsratsarbeit im Kontext gesamtwirtschaftlicher Veränderungsprozesse spielt das Innovationshandeln von "gestaltenden Betriebsräten" eine zentrale Rolle. Die Study untersucht, wie sich unterstützende Leistungen (Qualifizierung, Beratung und Vernetzung)...

Increased wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers is a stylized fact, which can be observed in many developed countries. Among the explanations advanced for this phenomenon is the increasing globalization, a skill-biased technical progress, restructuring of the firms, and last but...

Worker participation in decision-making is often associated with high-wage and high-productivity firm strategies. Using linked-employer-employee data for Germany and worker fixed effects from a two-way fixed effects model of wages capturing observed and unobserved worker quality, we find that...

This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...