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Mikroökonomische Beschäftigungseffekte des Hamburger Modells zur Beschäftigungsförderung
Jirjahn, Uwe (contributor); Pfeifer, Christian (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003423220
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Works councils and environmental investment : theory and evidence from German panel data
Askildsen, Jan Erik; Jirjahn, Uwe; Smith, Stephan C. - 2002
Firms may underinvest in local environmental protection even from the private viewpoint of its owners and employees, but works councils may help mitigate this problem. We show that increases in environmental investments when councils are present could be employee-led, firm-led, or jointly-led....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541029
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Works councils and employer attitudes toward the incentive effects of HRM practices
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2016
in Germany. Firms with works councils make greater use of various HRM practices. This gives rise to the question of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486434
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Variable pay, industrial relations and foreign ownership : evidence from Germany ; conference paper
Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2013
We use a representative sample of German establishments to show that those with foreign ownership are more likely to use performance appraisal, profit sharing and employee share ownership than are those with domestic ownership. Moreover, we show that works councils are associated with an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341065
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Do foreign owners favor short-term profit? : evidence from Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Smith, Stephen C. - 2014
Comparing domestic- and foreign-owned firms in Germany, this paper finds that foreign-owned firms are more likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354622
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Locus of control and performance appraisal
Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe; Struewing, Cornelia - 2016
This work contributes to the literature demonstrating an important role for psychological traits in labor market decisions. We show that West German workers with an internal locus of control sort into jobs with performance appraisals. Appraisals provide workers who believe they control their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449964
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Flexible work organization and employer provided training : evidence from German linked employer-employee data
Campaner, Annika; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2018
likelihood of receiving employer provided training. Using unique linked employer-employee data from Germany, we confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130993
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Works councils and organizational gender policies in Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens - 2019
establishments in Germany. Using data of the IAB Establishment Panel, we find that the incidence of a works council is associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012440
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Out-of-partnership births in East and West Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe; Chadi, Cornelia - 2019
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that single women in East Germany are significantly … more likely to give birth to a child than single women in West Germany. This applies to both planned and unplanned births …. Our analysis provides no evidence that the difference between East and West Germany can be explained by economic factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993875
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Product market competition and employer provided training in Germany
Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe; Campaner, Annika - 2017
Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119643