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Arbeitnehmervertretungen im öffentlichen Sektor : Bedeutung und (potenzielle) Effizienzwirkungen
Schnabel, Claus - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004897873
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German Works Councils in the Production Process
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2003
In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 to 30 per cent higher productivity than their works-councilfree counterparts. Such findings can only serve to buttress the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261548
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Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus : First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten - 2004
trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261930
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Determinants of Trade Union Membership in Western Germany: Evidence from Micro Data, 1980-2000
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262095
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Trade Union Membership in Eastern and Western Germany: Convergence or Divergence?
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003
unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals? probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262096
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Establishment Age and Wages: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Kölling, Arnd; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2002
present first empirical evidence on this firm age - wage nexus for Germany. We find that older firms pay on average higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262131
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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2005
context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262197
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Works Councils - Sand or Grease in the Operation of German Firms?
Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2002
Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as sand or grease in the operation of German firms. Stochastic production frontier analysis indicates that establishments with and without a works council do not exhibit significant differences in efficiency.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262247
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German Works Councils Old and New: Incidence, Coverage and Determinants
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2002
Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262744
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Who are the workers who never joined a union? Empirical evidence from Germany
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2005
provides the first empirical analysis of trade union never-membership in Germany. We show that between 54 and 59 percent of all … employees in Germany have never been members of a trade union. Individuals' probability of never-membership is significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267518