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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001
This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445640
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Wage cyclicality and labour market institutions
Pereira, João Manuel; Ramos, Raúl; Martins, Pedro S. - 2024
Do labour institutions influence how wages respond to the business cycle? Such responsiveness can then shape several economic outcomes, including unemployment. In this paper, we examine the role of two key labour market institutions - collective bargaining and temporary contracts - upon wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486321
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Strikes in France and the Netherlands : a comparison of labour market institutions
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Koppes, Silvie Y. - 2003
Strikes as a consequence of labour conflicts occur about 28 times as much in France as in the Netherlands. This paper examines the institutional differences underlying these differences in strike activity. Our empirical analysis shows that strike activity is high in France if workers were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334347
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Strikes in France and the Netherlands : A Comparison of Labour Market Institutions
den Butter, Frank A. G.; Koppes, Silvie Y. - 2003
Strikes as a consequence of labour conflicts occur about 28 times as much in France as in the Netherlands. This paper examines the institutional differences underlying these differences in strike activity. Our empirical analysis shows that strike activity is high in France if workers were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014074618
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The one constant : a causal effect of collective bargaining on employment growth? ; evidence from German linked-employer-employee data
Brändle, Tobias; Goerke, Laszlo - 2015
A large number of articles have analysed ‘the one constant´ in the economic effects of trade unions, namely that union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493920
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Are working hours a new driver of inequality? : on the relation between hours inequality, earnings inequality, and collective bargaining in Germany
Gerold, Stefanie; Stein, Ulrike - 2020
. These findings imply that union presence is not only able to compress wage inequality, but might reduce earnings inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012176404
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The one constant : a causal effect of collective bargaining on employment growth? ; evidence from German linked-employer-employee data
Brändle, Tobias; Goerke, Laszlo - 2015
A large number of articles have analysed 'the one constant' in the economic effects of trade unions, namely that union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469601
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Firm wage premia, industrial relations, and rent sharing in Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen - 2018
This paper investigates the influence of industrial relations on firm wage premia in Germany. OLS regressions for the firm effects from a two-way fixed effects decomposition of workers’ wages by Card, Heining, and Kline (2013) document that average premia are larger in firms bound by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011787374
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Firm wage premia, industrial relations, and rent sharing in Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen - 2018
This paper investigates the influence of industrial relations on firm wage premia in Germany. OLS regressions for the firm effects from a two-way fixed effects decomposition of workers' wages by Card, Heining, and Kline (2013) document that average premia are larger in firms bound by collective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794331
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Firm wage premia, industrial relations, and rent sharing in Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen - 2018
This paper investigates the influence of industrial relations on firm wage premia in Germany. OLS regressions for the firm effects from a two-way fixed effects decomposition of workers' wages by Card, Heining, and Kline (2013) document that average premia are larger in firms bound by collective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794610