empirical evidence on this firm age - wage nexus for Germany. We find that older firms pay on average higher wages for workers …-Arbeitnehmer-Datensatzes präsentieren wir erste empirische Ergebnisse für Deutschland zu diesem Zusammenhang. Wir stellen fest, dass innerhalb …

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 …

In Germany, many labour laws and regulations apply only in establishments above a critical size, and usually these …

for Germany, we indeed find absenteeism of employees to be higher in the public than the private sector. The differences … that the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" seems to be an exaggeration, at least for Germany. …. Mithilfe von repräsentativen Befragungsdaten für Deutschland finden wir tatsächlich höhere Fehlzeiten im Öffentlichen Sektor …

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed …

Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works …

establishments in western Germany and only one out of four establishments in eastern Germany were covered by industry-wide or firm …