IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Productivity and Wage Effects of Firm-level Upstreamness: Evidence from Belgian Linked Panel Data' in: World Economy, 2022, 45 (7), 2222 - 2250

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12787

Climbing the Ladders of Job Satisfaction and Employees' Organizational Commitment: A Semi-Nonparametric Approach

José António Cabral Vieira

published as 'Climbing the ladders of job satisfaction and employee organizational commitment: cross-country evidence using a semi-nonparametric approach' in: Journal of Applied Economics, 2023, 26 (1), 2163581.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12714

The Institutional Adjustment Margin to Import Competition: Evidence from Italian Minimum Wages

Alessia Matano, Paolo Naticchioni, Francesco Vona

published as 'The institutional wage adjustment to import competition: evidence from the Italian collective bargaining system' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2023, 75 (3), 631 - 651

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12611

Do Workers Discriminate against Female Bosses?

Martin Abel

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (2), 470 - 501

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12216

Trust and Workplace Performance

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira

revised version published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2020, 58 (4), 874-903.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12169

Rent Sharing in China: Magnitude, Heterogeneity and Drivers

Wenjing Duan, Pedro S. Martins

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022, 60(1), 176-219

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12113

Works Councils and Workplace Health Promotion in Germany

Uwe Jirjahn, Jens Mohrenweiser, Stephen C. Smith

revised version published in: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2022, 43 (3), 1059-1094

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11894

Wages, Creative Destruction, and Union Networks

Harald Dale-Olsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11788

The Impact of Employment Protection on the Industrial Wage Structure

John S. Heywood, Mary O'Mahony, W. Stanley Siebert, Ana Rincon-Aznar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11616

Do German Works Councils Counter or Foster the Implementation of Digital Technologies?

Sabrina Genz, Lutz Bellmann, Britta Matthes

published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2019, 239 (3), 523 - 564

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11225

Labor Market Imperfections, Markups and Productivity in Multinationals and Exporters

Sabien Dobbelaere, Kozo Kiyota

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 53, 198-212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11128

Measuring Indirect Effects of Unfair Employer Behavior on Worker Productivity: A Field Experiment

Matthias Heinz, Sabrina Jeworrek, Vanessa Mertins, Heiner Schumacher, Matthias Sutter

published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130(632), 2546-2568

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11111

Union Density, Productivity and Wages

Erling Barth, Alex Bryson, Harald Dale-Olsen

published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (631), 1898 - 1936

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11066

Nonunion Employee Representation: Theory and the German Experience with Mandated Works Councils

Uwe Jirjahn, Stephen C. Smith

published in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2018, 89 (1), 201-234

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11064

The German Model of Industrial Relations: (Where) Does It Still Exist?

Michael Oberfichtner, Claus Schnabel

published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik), 2019, 239 (1), 5-37

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10437

Employee Representation and Flexible Working Time

Gabriel Burdin, Virginie Pérotin

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101755

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9587

Collective Bargaining Systems and Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Flexibility: The Quest for Appropriate Institutional Forms in Advanced Economies

John T. Addison

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2016, 5: 19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9389

Labour Market Institutions and Inflation Differentials in the EU

Gaetano D'Adamo, Riccardo Rovelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9323

Pacts for Employment and Competitiveness as a Role Model? Their Effects on Firm Performance

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Katalin Evers, Lutz Bellmann

revised version published as 'Contract Innovation in Germany: An Economic Evaluation of Pacts for Competitiveness' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 55(3), 500-526.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9278

Skill Gaps in the Workplace: Measurement, Determinants and Impacts

Seamus McGuinness, Luis Ortiz

published in: Industrial Relations Journal, 2016, 47 (3), 253-278

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9254

Wage Compression within the Firm

Marco Leonardi, Michele Pellizzari, Domenico Tabasso

published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129, 3256-3291.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9016

On the Potential Interaction Between Labour Market Institutions and Immigration Policies

Claudia Cigagna, Giovanni Sulis

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36(4), 441 - 468

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8919

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

Claus Schnabel

published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik), 2016, 236 (2), 157-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8416

Who Do Unions Target? Unionization over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses

Emin Dinlersoz, Jeremy Greenwood, Henry R. Hyatt

published in: ILR Review, 2017, 70(3): 733-766

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8284

Employee Trust and Workplace Performance

Sarah Brown, Daniel Gray, Jolian McHardy, Karl Taylor

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 116, 361-378

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8242

Centralized vs. Decentralized Wage Formation: The Role of Firms' Production Technology

Boris Hirsch, Christian Merkl, Steffen Müller, Claus Schnabel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8147

The Political Economy of Labor Market Regulation with R&D

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7964

Union Organizing Decisions in a Deteriorating Environment: The Composition of Representation Elections and the Decline in Turnout

Henry S Farber

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68(5), 1126-1156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7616

Labor Market Institutions and the Response of Inflation to Macro Shocks in the EU: A Two-Sector Analysis

Gaetano D'Adamo, Riccardo Rovelli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7253

Product and Labor Market Imperfections and Scale Economies: Micro-Evidence on France, Japan and the Netherlands

Sabien Dobbelaere, Kozo Kiyota, Jacques Mairesse

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, 43(2): 290-322

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7195

Investment under Company-Level Pacts

Lutz Bellmann, Hans-Dieter Gerner, Olaf Hübler

published in: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2015, 36(3), 501-522

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6497

Works Councils, Collective Bargaining and Apprenticeship Training

Ben Kriechel, Samuel Mühlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Miriam Schuette

published in: Industrial Relations, 2014, 66 (5), 1095-1112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6484

Minimum Wages as a Barrier to Entry: Evidence from Germany

Ronald Bachmann, Thomas K. Bauer, Hanna Kroeger

published in: Labour, 2014, 28 (3), 338-357

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6415

Testing a Forgotten Aspect of Akerlof's Gift Exchange Hypothesis: Relational Contracts with Individual and Uniform Wages

Martin G. Kocher, Wolfgang J. Luhan, Matthias Sutter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6254

How Unjust! An Experimental Investigation of Supervisors' Evaluation Errors and Agents' Incentives

Lucia Marchegiani, Tommaso G. Reggiani, Matteo Rizzolli

revised version published as 'Loss Averse Agents and Lenient Supervisors in Performance Appraisal' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, 131, 183-197

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5987

The Structure of Collective Bargaining and Worker Representation: Change and Persistence in the German Model

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Alex Bryson, André Pahnke

revised version published as 'Collective Agreement Status and Survivability: Change and Persistence in the German Model' in: Labour, 2013, 27 (3), 288-309

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5978

Firm Heterogeneity, Informal Wage and Good Governance

Saibal Kar, Sugata Marjit

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2012, 16 (4), 527-539

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5875

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

Boris Hirsch, Claus Schnabel

substantially revised version published as 'What Can We Learn from Bargaining Models about Union Power? The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009' in: Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 347-362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5835

Wage Rigidity, Collective Bargaining and the Minimum Wage: Evidence from French Agreement Data

Sanvi Avouyi-Dovi, Denis Fougère, Erwan Gautier

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (4), 1337-1351

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5503

Minu, Startu and All That: Pitfalls in Estimating the Sensitivity of a Worker's Wage to Aggregate Unemployment

Pedro S. Martins, Andy Snell, Jonathan P. Thomas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5447

Workplace Performance, Worker Commitment and Loyalty

Sarah Brown, Jolian McHardy, Robert McNabb, Karl Taylor

published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2011, 20 (3), 925-955

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5364

Der Aufstieg des Normalarbeitsverhältnisses in Deutschland – vom Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis zur Ölkrise 1973

Michael Jan Kendzia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5342

Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance

Barry Hirsch

published in: Cynthia Estlund and Michael Wachter (eds.), Research Handbook on the Economics of Labor and Employment Law, Edward Elgar, 2012, pp. 107-145

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5293

The Direct Incidence of Corporate Income Tax on Wages

Wiji Arulampalam, Michael P. Devereux, Giorgia Maffini

published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56 (6), 1038-1054

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5283

Globalised Labour Markets? International Rent Sharing across 47 Countries

Pedro S. Martins, Yong Yang

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015, 53(4), 664–691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5231

Der Institutionalisierungsprozess des Lohnarbeitsverhältnisses vom Ersten bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg in Deutschland

Michael Jan Kendzia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5107

Herausbildung erster Wesenszüge des Normalarbeitsverhältnisses in Deutschland

Michael Jan Kendzia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5044

The Gender Wage Gaps, 'Sticky Floors' and 'Glass Ceilings' of the European Union

Louis N. Christofides, Alexandros Polycarpou, Konstantinos Vrachimis

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 21, 86-102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5030

The State of Collective Bargaining and Worker Representation in Germany: The Erosion Continues

John T. Addison, Alex Bryson, Paulino Teixeira, André Pahnke, Lutz Bellmann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4962

Der vormoderne Allokationsprozess von Arbeit in Deutschland

Toni Pierenkemper, Michael Jan Kendzia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4760

Slip Sliding Away: Further Union Decline in Germany and Britain

John T. Addison, Alex Bryson, Paulino Teixeira, André Pahnke

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 58 (4), 490-518

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4502

The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation: Transitions between States and their Determinants. A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Great Britain

John T. Addison, Alex Bryson, Paulino Teixeira, André Pahnke, Lutz Bellmann

revised version published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 60 (2), 182-209.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4488

The Institutional Context of an "Empirical Law": The Wage Curve under Different Regimes of Collective Bargaining

Uwe Blien, Wolfgang Dauth, Thorsten Schank, Claus Schnabel

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2013, 51 (1), 59-79

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4352

One-third Codetermination at Company Supervisory Boards and Firm Performance in German Manufacturing Industries: First Direct Evidence from a New Type of Enterprise Data

Joachim Wagner

published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften /Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2011, 131 (1), 91-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4151

Policy, Institutional Factors and Earnings Mobility

Denisa Maria Sologon, Cathal O'Donoghue

published in: The European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2011, 8(2), pp. 175-202

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4096

Integration, Labor Market Regulation, Lobbying, and Technological Change

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4091

Economic Growth with Political Lobbying and Wage Bargaining

Tapio K. Palokangas

revised version published in: IFAC Papers on Control Applications of Optimization 7 (2010)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3918

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

John T. Addison, Claus Schnabel

published in: Industrial Relations, 2011, 50 (2), 354-374

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3786

Trade as a Wage Disciplining Device

Damiaan Persyn

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3680

Can Policy Interact with Culture? Minimum Wage and the Quality of Labor Relations

Philippe Aghion, Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc

revised version published as 'Civil Society and the State: The Interplay Between Cooperation and Minimum Wage Regulation' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (1), 3 - 42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3019

Performance Pay, Sorting, and Outsourcing

Fred Henneberger, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Alexandre Ziegler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2917

The Impact of Teams on Output, Quality and Downtime: An Empirical Analysis Using Individual Panel Data

Derek C. Jones, Takao Kato

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (2), 215-240

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2865

Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003

Lex Borghans, Ben Kriechel

published in: Edward Lazear and Katryn Shaw (eds.), The Structure of Wages: An International Comparisons, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2770

Employment Outcomes and the Interaction Between Product and Labor Market Deregulation: Are They Substitutes or Complements?

Giuseppe Fiori, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Stefano Scarpetta, Fabio Schiantarelli

published as "Employment Effects of Product and Labour Market Reforms: Are There Synergies?" in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122 (558), 79-104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2581

Wage Flexibility and Labour Market Institutions: A Meta-Analysis

Miquel Clar, Christian Dreger, Raul Ramos

published in: Kyklos, 2007, 60(2), 145-163

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2556

Product Market Integration and Labour Markets: Aggregate Gains at the Cost of More Inequality?

Torben M. Andersen, Allan Sørensen

published as 'Product Market Integration, Rents and Wage Inequality' in: Review of International Economics, 2011, 19 (4), 595 - 608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2474

Works Councils and the Anatomy of Wages

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Thomas Zwick

published as 'German Work Councils and the Anatomy of Wages' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2010, 63(2), 247-270

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2384

Wage Determination in the U.S. Airline Industry: Union Power under Product Market Constraints

Barry Hirsch

published in: D. Lee (ed.), Advances in Airline Economics, Vol. 2: The Economics of Airline Institutions, Operations and Marketing, Elsevier 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1899

Macroeconomic Derivatives: An Initial Analysis of Market-Based Macro Forecasts, Uncertainty and Risk

Refet S. Gürkaynak, Justin Wolfers

published in: NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, 2005, 11 - 50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1898

Cross-Sectional Heterogeneity in Price-Cost Margins and the Extent of Rent Sharing at the Sector and Firm Level in France

Sabien Dobbelaere, Jacques Mairesse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1769

Competition and Well-Being

Jordi Brandts, Arno Riedl, Frans van Winden

published as "Competitive Rivalry, Social Disposition, and Subjective Well-Being: An Experiment" in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (11-12), 1158-1167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1757

German Works Councils and Productivity: First Evidence from a Nonparametric Test

Joachim Wagner

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2008, 15 (9), 727-730

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1722

Bargaining Frictions and Hours Worked

Stéphane Auray, Samuel Danthine

revised published as "Bargaining Frictions, Labor Income Taxation and Economic Performance" in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (6), 778-802

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1592

Economic Integration, Market Power and Technological Change

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1474