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Der Geschäftsklima-Indikator der sächsischen Industrie hat sich im Mai noch weiter verschlechtert. Ausschlaggebend für den Rückgang waren ausschließlich die wesentlich skeptischeren Erwartungen hinsichtlich der Entwicklung in den nächsten Monaten. Hingegen hat sich die Geschäftslage...
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This study analyzes the determinants of price-cost margins (PCMs) for OECD countries between 1970-2003. The main objective is to quantify the pro-competitive effect of international trade and understand why, despite trade liberalization, PCMs have not fallen overall. An increase of one...
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This Paper investigates whether the industrial relations climate in Indian states has affected the pattern of manufacturing growth in the period 1958-92. We show that pro-worker amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act are associated with lowered investment, employment, productivity and output...
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This paper investigates how enforcement of labour regulation affects the firm's use of informal labour, firm size and firm performance. Using firm level data on employment, capita, and output, census data on informal employment at the city level, and administrative data on enforcement of...
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We study whether the effects on registered manufacturing output of dismantling the License Raj—a system of central controls regulating entry and production activity in this sector—vary across Indian states with different labor market regulations. The effects are found to be unequal across...
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Der Beitrag setzt sich mit Walther Müller-Jentschs Konzept von Konfliktpartnerschaft und mit Wolfgang Streecks Kritik an diesem Konzept auseinander. Dabei wird zwischen einem historisch spezifischen und einem allgemeinen Begriff von Konfliktpartnerschaft unterschieden. Es wird – gegen...
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Im Stinnes-Legien-Abkommen vom November 1918 erkannten die Arbeitgeber die Gewerkschaften erstmals offiziell als berufene Vertreter der Arbeitnehmer an. Grundlage dieses historischen Schulterschlusses war, dass die Sozialpartner gemeinsam danach strebten, eine freiheitliche Wirtschafts- und...
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Using several unique data sets on wage agreements at both industry and firm levels in France, we document stylized facts on wage stickiness and the impact of wage-setting institutions on wage rigidity. First, the average duration of wages is a little less than one year and around 10 percent of...
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The return of social pacts in the context of the current economic crisis, as seen in southern European countries, invites the revival of the discussion about the development of social dialogue practice in its specific context. Based on a longitudinal analysis we examine the agenda of Spanish...
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