In jüngster Vergangenheit sind Zweifel an der Wirksamkeit und Dauerhaftigkeit betrieblicher Bündnisse aufgekommen, wie die Fälle Continental, VW, Daimler Chrysler und AEG zeigen. Welche Ergebnisse haben betriebliche Vereinbarungen bisher gebracht? Haben Betriebe ohne Tariflohnbindung einen...

The German model of co-determination (Mitbestimmung) with works councils, in which workers are involved in the management of a company, was a role model for other countries for many years. However, since the 1990s the appeal of works councils has been declining, to the extent that now even...

This article analyses the effects of firm reorganisation on wages and job mobility at individual level. The analysis is based on German linked employer-employee data (LIAB), which combines firm survey data and employee data from the German Federal Employment Services. The period of observation...

Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

In his article 'The tale of the inflexible German labour market' ('Die Mär vom starren deutschen Arbeitsmarkt') in this issue of the Journal for Labour Market Research (ZAF) Werner Sengenberger criticises our introductory paper 'Potentials for flexibility in heterogeneous labour markets - an...

The objective of this paper is to present a short survey of our new research results to mobility and stability of employment on a micro level. This area of conflict is analyzed from an individual and a firm's perspective, taking institutional issues into account. More than previous studies, we...

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...

In den Tarifverhandlungen der Metall- und Elektroindustrie forderte die Arbeitgeberseite eine Ausweitung der Tageshöchstarbeitszeit und die Arbeitnehmerseite eine flexible Arbeitszeitverkürzung mit partiellem Lohnausglei ch. Allerdings deuten die Arbeitsmarktdaten darauf hin, dass eine...