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The Persistent Decline in Unionization in Western and Eastern Germany, 1980-2004: What Can We Learn from a Decomposition Analysis?

Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

western Germany from 1980 to 2004 and in eastern Germany from 1992 to 2004. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and … worker (significant in western Germany only). A decomposition analysis shows that differences in union density over time and … between eastern and western Germany to a large degree cannot be explained by differences in the characteristics of employees …

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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …

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Worker Directors: A German Product that Didn't Export?

Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at company level has held up remarkably well. We recount the theoretical arguments for and against codetermination and survey the empirical evidence on the effects of the institution, tracing...

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Union Membership and Age: The Inverted U-Shape Hypothesis under Test

Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our …

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Works Councils and Separations: Voice, Monopoly, and Insurance Effects

Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …

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United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany

Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly …

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Women Move Differently: Job Separations and Gender

Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...

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Are the Self-Employed Really Jacks-of-All-Trades? Testing the Assumptions and Implications of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data

Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Using a large representative German data set and various concepts of self-employment, this paper tests the "jack-of-all-trades" view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (AER 2004). Consistent with its theoretical assumptions we find that self-employed individuals perform more tasks and that their work...

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Wage Cyclicality under Different Regimes of Industrial Relations

Gartner, Hermann; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …

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Let's Take Bargaining Models Seriously: The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009

Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany …

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