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Using a microeconomic model and data from the Establishment Panel of the German Institute for Employment Research, we analyze the optimal establishment size against the background of rent-seeking workers and the influence of works councils. The theoretical part shows that establishment size has...
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Using a microeconomic model and data from the Establishment Panel of the German Institute for Employment Research, we analyze the optimal establishment size against the background of rent-seeking workers and the influence of works councils. The theoretical part shows that establishment size has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152776
"Since the 1980s drastic staff reductions have been observed in many German firms which are lasting until today and have rather gained in intensity. Previous theoretical and empirical studies put this down in particular to unfavourable demand conditions on the goods market, wages that are too...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005533741
"The objective of this paper is to analyse the flexibility opportunities of firms to respond to increasing labour market requirements and heterogeneity. Thereby, we focus on two groups of workers and two kinds of management events. The two groups of workers are female and older workers, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732025
"Since the 1980s drastic staff reductions have been observed in many German firms which are lasting until today and have rather gained in intensity. Previous theoretical and empirical studies put this down in particular to unfavourable demand conditions on the goods market, wages that are too...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734081
"The paper examines the determinants of firms' decisions regarding training, which follow from the Acemoglu-Pischke model (APM), for their empirical content for western German firms. For this the data from the IAB establishment panel are used. Contrary to Becker's ideas of the standard model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734116
The share of renewables in the primary energy demand of Germany has increased from 1.3% in 1990 to 11.7% in 2013. The plans are to increase it further, by the year 2050, to 50% or even 100%, by carrying out the national Energiewende (energy change/switch) programme. In this paper we analyze the...
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Based on German individual-level panel data, this paper empirically examines the impact of self-managed working time (SMWT) on employee effort. Theoretically, workers may respond positively or negatively to having control over their own working hours, depending on whether SMWT increases work...
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Although the performance  effects of multitasking were analyzed intensively in the past, little  is known about the impact of the adoption time of multitasking on corporate performance. Possibly, the quantity of the reorganization is crucial and early movers experience a comparative...
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This  paper  empirically  examines  the  impact  of temporary agency  work  strategies on firm  performance  using  panel  data   from  German   establishments.  Thereby,  special attention is devoted  to  the  question,  whether  there  are  performance differences ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152777