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Are working hours a new driver of inequality? : on the relation between hours inequality, earnings inequality, and collective bargaining in Germany

Gerold, Stefanie; Stein, Ulrike - 2020

This paper studies the relationship between inequalities in working hours and overall earnings inequality in Germany …

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Arbeitszeit und Arbeitsumfeld : Indikatoren, Entwicklungen und Bewertung

Hübler, Olaf - 2025

Die Forderung nach einer Work-Life-Balance und der spürbare Arbeitskräftemangel haben die öffentliche Diskussion um Arbeitszeitveränderungen verstärkt. Kann sich die Gesellschaft eine allgemeine Absenkung der Arbeitszeit leisten oder sind vielmehr längere Arbeitszeiten vonnöten? Die...

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Germany and the United States in coronavirus distress : internal versus external labour market flexibility

Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Nüß, Patrick; Peede, Lennert; … - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22

Germany and the United States pursued different economic strategies to minimise the impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on … the labour market. Germany focused on safeguarding existing jobs through the use of internal flexibility measures … contrasting it with the chosen strategy in the United States. In Germany, temporary cyclical reductions in working hours are …

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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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Was können frühere Arbeitszeitverkürzungen fürdie Debatte um die 32-Stunden-Woche lehren?

Seifert, Hartmut - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 103 (2023) 10, pp. 716-718

This article asks what lessons can be learned from the introduction of the 35-hour week for the current debate in the steelindustry. In retrospect, it can be shown that a compromise in collective bargaining policy cleared the way from the 40- to the 35-hourweek. A package of shorter and more...

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From dual to unified employment protection : transition and steady state

Dolado, Juan J.; Lalé, Etienne; Siassi, Nawid - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 12 (2021) 2, pp. 547-585

Three features of real-life reforms of dual employment protection legislation (EPL) systems are particularly hard to study through the lens of standard labor-market search models: (i) the excess job turnover implied by dual EPL, (ii) the nonretroactive nature of EPL reforms, and (iii) the...

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Traditionelle und moderne Formen der Arbeitszeitflexibilität : Arbeitsangebots- und -nachfrageseitige Faktoren von Überstunden und Arbeitszeitkonten

Zapf, Ines - 2016

Overtime work and working-time accounts are important instruments of working-time flexibility in establishments to reduce or increase the working hours of employees temporarily. In the recent past, these instruments were intensively discussed and analysed against the background of the global...

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No extension without representation? : evidence from a natural experiment in collective bargaining

Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 9 (2020) 1/5, pp. 1-31

In many countries, collective bargaining coverage is enhanced by government-issued extensions that widen the reach of collective agreements beyond their signatory parties to all firms and workers in the sector. This paper analyzes the causal impact of extensions using a natural experiment in...

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The Netherlands' minimum wage 1969-2022 : can we learn from decline?

Salverda, Wiemer - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 245 (2025) 1/2, pp. 45-78

This paper evaluates the evolution of the Dutch minimum wage since its introduction in 1969 and discusses this as an intriguing case suggesting that a deeper, economic analysis of firm and employee behaviours is required for minimum-wage analysis in general. The real level of the minimum wage...

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Labour market flexibility and economic growth in Africa

Eshun, Joseph; Acheampong, Emmanuel; Botchway, King … - In: Prague economic papers : a bimonthly journal of … 32 (2023) 3, pp. 320-349

Africa is endowed with both natural resources and a young growing workforce. In light of this, it is obvious that regulations on labour markets will have significant impacts on economic growth, especially through effects on employment and productivity. This study provides information on labour...

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