This contribution investigates whether working time accounts are beneficial for the performance of German establishments. Based on the representative German Establishment Panel of the Institute for Employment Research during the period 2008-2013, effects on productivity, wages, sales, firm size,...

This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment...

We analyze the short-run impact of the introduction of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany on further training at the workplace level. Applying difference-in-difference methods to data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we do not find a reduction in the training incidence but a slight...

The analyzes of the SOEP data from Pusch (2018) have shown a clear rise in wages in the low-wage sector since the introduction of the minimum wage in Germany in 2015, without the expected sharp decline in employment. Thus, on balance the minimum wage has a positive influence on the German...

This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment...

In der vorliegenden Stellungnahme äußert sich das IAB zu den Anträgen der beiden Bundestagsfraktionen. Die Linke ("Betriebsratswahlen erleichtern und Betriebsräte besser schützen", Bundestagsdrucksache 19/860) und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen ("Betriebsratswahlen erleichtern - Aktive...

Debatte und empirische Erkenntnisse zum betrieblichen Umgang mit der alternden Erwerbsbevölkerung sind disparat. Die Ergebnisse des Projekts "Einstellung und (Weiter)Beschäftigung Älterer in der Chemischen Industrie" zeigen, das einzelfallorientierte Problemlösungen vor...