structures. A non-parametric decomposition is used to analyse firm level difference between the wage spread in the two major … regions of unified Germany. If firm-specific effects explain wage dispersion between firms, a decomposition of the wage … dispersion between firms is necessary. The decomposition can help to find out, whether the economy-wide results for different …

policy and productivity information for individual manufacturers from both parts of the country. Using a decomposition … international division of labour. We concentrate on the question, to what extent they have caught up with the productivity level of … their Western counterparts of similar size and sector and how this productivity difference is related to changes in their …

policy and productivity information for individual manufacturers from both parts of the country. Using a decomposition … international division of labour. We concentrate on the question, to what extent they have caught up with the productivity level of … their Western counterparts of similar size and sector and how this productivity difference is related to changes in their …

size of the labour force - in this process. A non-parametric decomposition that has played a prominent role in the gender … of companies has caused the lagging behind in the adjustment of wages. -- Regional Wage Gap ; Decomposition …

firms productivity levels within the industry. Less pronounced differences in productivity levels make it easier to design … collective wage contracts that are accepted by a wider range of firms within an industry. Higher dispersion in productivity … likely to decrease. We measure correlations between productivity variation and collective bargaining coverage in various …

productivity (TFP) in the two sectors. To test the theoretical predictions, I use the "Establishment History Panel" together with … sectoral data on total factor productivity. The results confirm the theoretical predictions, i.e. they show a negative …

productivity (TFP) in the two sectors. To test the theoretical predictions, I use the "Establishment History Panel" together with … sectoral data on total factor productivity. The results confirm the theoretical predictions, i.e. they show a negative …

decomposition method based on the matching procedure that allows identification of differences due to observable characteristics and …

Conventional theory predicts that productivity gains lead to pay hikes. Pay increases, however, can influence labor … productivity. But what about in a corporatist economy? Focusing on Germany, we use an innovative technique developed by Geweke to … disentangle the relationship between pay and productivity. …