The Freeman-Lazear works council/worker involvement model is assessed over two distinct industrial relations regimes. In non-union British establishments our measures of employee involvement are associated with improved economic performance, whereas for unionized plants negative results are...

Recent literature on the returns to schooling and vocational and occupational training in OECD countries is examined, with somewhat greater emphasis being accorded the US and UK experience. We provide estimates of short-cut, Mincer-type and internal rates of return to schooling, as well as...

According to the Hutchens (1999) model, early retirement is not explained as a result ofmaximizing expected individual utility but rather as a demand-side phenomenon arising froma firm’s profit-maximizing behaviour...

Die einfache Arbeit führte jahrzehntelang einSchat tendasein in Deutschland. Im Blickfeld standvor allem die qualifi zierte Facharbeit in der industriellenProduktion und in einem wachsendenDienstleistungssektor. Die Förderung von Spitzentechnologien,die Anpassung der berufl ichen Qua...

Using 21 waves of German high-frequency establishment panel data collected during the COVID-19 crisis, we investigate the effects of short-time work (STW) and working from home (WFH) on hiring, firings, resignations and excess labour turnover (or churning). Thus, we enquire whether STW avoids...

In-plant alliances are plant-specific deviations from sectoral collective agreements related to wages and working time that are intended to hold down labor costs. These agreements enable firm-level reorganizations to respond to an imminent economic crisis or to improve competitiveness. They also...

Obwohl sich das duale System der Berufsausbildung im Hinblick auf die Integration von jungen Menschen in das Bildungs- und Beschäftigungssystem generell als erfolgreich erwiesen hat, bestehen erhebliche Unterschiede in der Governance. Dementsprechend variieren Bildungsund Beschäftigungsniveaus...

We conduct a comprehensive analysis of health determinants at the individual and workplace levels. Using a new individual-level German data set, we investigate the influence of these determinants on health, including collegiality, personality traits as measured by the Big Five, commitment to the...