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Union bargaining and intra-industry productivity differentials : theory and evidence from Germany ; conference paper

Baumann, Florian; Brändle, Tobias - 2013 - Preliminary version

This paper indicates that the extent of collective bargaining coverage in an industry may depend on the differences in 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...

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Collective voice mechanisms, HRM practices and organizational performance in Italian manufacturing firms

Della Torre, Edoardo - In: European management journal 37 (2019) 3, pp. 398-410

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Voice at work

Harju, Jarkko; Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021

We estimate the effects of worker voice on job quality and separations. We leverage the 1991 introduction of worker representation on boards of Finnish firms with at least 150 employees. In contrast to exit-voice theory, our difference-in-differences design reveals no effects on voluntary job...

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The Union Makes Us Strong? A Study of the Dynamics of Workplace Union Leadership at Two UK Manufacturing Plants

Greene, Anne-Marie; Ackers, Peter; Black, John - 2009

This paper draws on qualitative case study evidence to investigate the way in which union leaders involved in two workplace organizations deal with the process of managing their role within the employment relationship. In particular, the influence of their leadership style on the commitment and...

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Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - In: Contemporary economics 8 (2014) 1, pp. 25-46

age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … correlation of age on firms' profitability. Moreover, our micro-econometric analysis reveals for the first time that the ceteris … level of profitability in these firms. …

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The dynamic effects of works councils on labor productivity: first evidence from panel data

Müller, Steffen; Stegmaier, Jens - 2015

We estimate dynamic effects of works councils on labor productivity using newly available information from West German establishment panel data. Conditioning on plant fixed effects and control variables, we find negative productivity effects during the first five years after council...

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Labour productivity in M&As : industry sector vs. services sector

Rozen-Bakher, Ziva - In: The service industries journal 38 (2018) 15/16, pp. 1043-1066

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Firm Heterogeneity and Wages in Unionised Labour Markets : Theory and Evidence

Bastos, Paulo - 2009

In many countries wages are set in two stages, where industry-level collective bargaining is followed by firm-specific arrangements determining actual paid wages as a mark-up on the industry wage floor. What explains the wage set in each of these stages? In this paper we show that both the...

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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Firm Profitability in Ghana : Panel Evidence from Private Firms in the Manufacturing Sector

Hoedoafia, Mabel - 2021

in import restrictions in Ghana impacted on the performance of firms in terms of profitability in the private sector …? This paper attempts to answer this question by investigating the effects of tariffs on the profitability of private firms … in the manufacturing sector using firm-level data. Profitability is measured as the net profit margin of a firm. For our …

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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits : Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian - 2012

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …

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