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62 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13576
Do Unions and Works Councils Really Dampen the Gender Pay Gap? Discordant Evidence from Germany
Michael Oberfichtner, Claus Schnabel, Marina Töpfer
forthcoming in: Economics Letters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13465
Union Membership and Collective Bargaining: Trends and Determinants
Claus Schnabel
published in: K. F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13015
Unions, Tripartite Competition and Innovation
Alex Bryson, Harald Dale-Olsen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12438
Dissonant Works Councils and Establishment Survivability
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Philipp Grunau, Lutz Bellmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12013
Wage Differentials by Bargaining Regime in Spain (2002-2014): An Analysis Using Matched Employer-Employee Data
Raul Ramos, Esteban Sanromá, Hipólito Simón
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11964
Unions and Wage Inequality: The Roles of Gender, Skill and Public Sector Employment
David Card, Thomas Lemieux, W. Craig Riddell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11828
Wage Floor Rigidity in Industry-Level Agreements: Evidence from France
Denis Fougère, Erwan Gautier, Sébastien Roux
published in: Labour Economics, 2018, Vol. 55, 72-97
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11568
Productivity and Wage Effects of Firm-Level Collective Agreements: Evidence from Belgian Linked Panel Data
Andrea Garnero, Francois Rycx, Isabelle Terraz
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2020, 58 (4), 936-972
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11518
The One Constant: A Causal Effect of Collective Bargaining on Employment Growth?
Tobias Brändle, Laszlo Goerke
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economic, 2018, 65 (5), 445 - 478
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11378
Worker Representation and Temporary Employment in Germany: The Deployment and Extent of Fixed-Term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Philipp Grunau, Lutz Bellmann
revised version published in: Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2019, 2(1),24-46.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11310
The Relationship between Union Membership and Net Fiscal Impact
Aaron Sojourner, José Pacas
published in: Industrial Relations, 2019, 58 (1), 86-107 https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11223
The Twin Track Model of Employee Voice: An Anglo-American Perspective on Union Decline and the Rise of Alternative Forms of Voice
Alex Bryson, Richard B. Freeman, Rafael Gomez, Paul Willman
published in: Holland, P., Teicher, J. and Donaghey, J. (eds.) Employee Voice at Work, Springer, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11154
Foreign Ownership and Intra-Firm Union Density in Germany
Uwe Jirjahn
revised version forthcoming in: Economic and Industrial Democracy
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. 10899
Workplace Employee Representation and Industrial Relations Performance: New Evidence from the 2013 European Company Survey
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira
published in: Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik (Journal of Economics and Statistics), 2019, 239 (1), 111-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10575
Strikes, Employee Workplace Representation, Unionism, and Trust: Evidence from Cross-Country Data
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 159, 109-133.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10511
The Dog That Barks Doesn't Bite: Coverage and Compliance of Sectoral Minimum Wages in Italy
Andrea Garnero
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10510
Upward Nominal Wage Rigidity
Paulo Guimaraes, Fernando Martins, Pedro Portugal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10435
Gender Differences in the Union Wage Premium? A Comparative Case Study
Alex Bryson, Harald Dale-Olsen, Kristine Nergaard
published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, First Published April 12, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959680119840572
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10293
Collective Bargaining and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Italy
Francesco Devicienti, Bernardo Fanfani, Agata Maida
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10290
Understanding Wage Floor Setting in Industry-Level Agreements: Evidence from France
Denis Fougère, Erwan Gautier, Sébastien Roux
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10204
No Extension Without Representation? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Collective Bargaining
Alexander Hijzen, Pedro S. Martins
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 9(5), 1-31
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9691
Gradual Collective Wage Bargaining
Sabien Dobbelaere, Roland Iwan Luttens
published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 40, 37-42
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. 8943
Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Wake of the Great Recession
John T. Addison, Pedro Portugal, Hugo Vilares
revised version published as 'Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Wake of the Great Recession: Evidence from Portugal' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 55(3), 551-576.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8894
Trade, Wages, and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France
Juan Carluccio, Denis Fougère, Erwan Gautier
published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (584), 803-837
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8750
Job Quality in Segmented Labor Markets: The Israeli Case
Shoshana Neuman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8419
Minimum Wage Systems and Earnings Inequalities: Does Institutional Diversity Matter?
Andrea Garnero, Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx
published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015, 21 (2), 115-130
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8359
Changes in Bargaining Status and Intra-Plant Wage Dispersion in Germany: A Case of (Almost) Plus Ça Change?
John T. Addison, Arnd Kölling, Paulino Teixeira
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8257
Union Decline and the Coverage Wage Gap in Germany
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Jens Stephani, Lutz Bellmann
published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2015, 36 (3), 301-317.
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. 8240
Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes
Aaron Sojourner, Brigham R. Frandsen, Robert J. Town, David C. Grabowski, Michelle M. Chen
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68 (4), 771 - 806 https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793915586380
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7871
Collective Bargaining and Innovation in Germany: Cooperative Industrial Relations?
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Katalin Evers, Lutz Bellmann
revised version published as 'Collective Bargaining and Innovation in Germany: A Case of Cooperative Industrial Relations?' in: Industrial Relations, 2017, 56(1), 73-121.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7541
The Economics of First-Contract Mediation
Sabien Dobbelaere, Roland Iwan Luttens
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7474
Indicative and Updated Estimates of the Collective Bargaining Premium in Germany
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Katalin Evers, Lutz Bellmann
published in: Industrial Relations, 2014, 53 (1), 125-157.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7351
Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data
Andrea Garnero, Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015, 53(4), 760–788
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6658
Is the Erosion Thesis Overblown? Evidence from the Orientation of Uncovered Employers
John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Katalin Evers, Lutz Bellmann
revised version published as 'Is the Erosion Thesis Overblown? Alignment from Without in Germany' in: Industrial Relations, 2016, 55, 415-443
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. 6010
Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium?
Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx
published in: Socio-Economic Review, 2013, 11 (1), 131-157
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5998
The Process of Wage Adjustment: An Analysis Using Establishment-Level Data
Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin
published in: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2016, 37(2), 245-268
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. 5518
Collective Bargaining under Non-Binding Contracts
Sabien Dobbelaere, Roland Iwan Luttens
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. 4911
Rising Wage Inequality, the Decline of Collective Bargaining, and the Gender Wage Gap
Dirk Antonczyk, Bernd Fitzenberger, Katrin Sommerfeld
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (5), 835-847
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. 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. 4492
The Employment of Temporary Agency Workers in the UK: With or Against the Trade Unions?
René Böheim, Martina Zweimüller
published in: Economica, 2013, 80 (317), 65–95
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. 4335
Setting the Minimum Wage
Tito Boeri
published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (3), 281-290
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3864
The Regional Dimension of Collective Wage Bargaining: The Case of Belgium
Robert Plasman, Michael Rusinek, Ilan Tojerow
published in: Regional Studies, 2014, 48 (2), 301-317
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