"Der vorliegende Beitrag behandelt den für mehrere Länder festgestellten empirischen Befund, daß große Firmen im allgemeinen höhere Löhne zahlen als kleine Firmen. Nach einer Diskussion der verschiedenen theoretischen Versuche, diese empirische Tatsache zu erklären, werden die einzelnen...

"Vom Institut für Quantitative Wirtschaftsforschung der Universität Hannover und dem Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung in Tübingen wurde ein Konzept für ein niedersächsisch/baden-württembergisches Firmenpanel entwickelt. Dieses Konzept wurde in einer Pilotstudie anhand der...

In Germany, the earnings' position of young people relative to adults has not experienced a similar negative development as in other countries. Neither in general, nor by sex, qualification, occupation or industrial sector and firm size, a clear "scissors-effect" against the earnings of young...

Which dimensions of wage setting differ across establishments applying collective contracts and uncovered establishments? The empirical analysis reported here utilizes German linked employer-employee data for the years 1990, 1995 and 2001 and is restricted to workers without supervisory...

"The paper analyses the relationship between individual tenure and the application of collective contracts at the firm level, using a multi-level model and a German linked employer-employee data set for the years 1990, 1995 and 2001. The main result is that elapsed tenure is longer in firms...

"The research project 'Bonuses, wage increases and fairness' analyzes aspects of a reasonable payment for work. In particular, it investigates under which circumstances high salaries or bonus payments for specific occupational groups are accepted as fair by the working public. An important part...