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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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3356
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Bernd
Fitzenberger
Karsten
Kohn
Alexander
C.
Lembcke
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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered ...
(published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (1), 169-197)
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J31, J51, J52
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3355
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David
Neumark
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Alternative Labor Market Policies to Increase Economic Self-Sufficiency: Mandating Higher Wages, Subsidizing Employment, and Raising Productivity
The principal means by which individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency is through labor market earnings. As a consequence, it is natural for policy makers to look to interventions ...
(published in: Heinrich, C.; Scholz, J. (eds.), Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work Better Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY, , 2009, 5-78)
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J18, J22, J23, J24
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3354
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David
G.
Blanchflower
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International Evidence on Well-being
National Time Accounting is a way of measuring society's well-being, based on time use. Its explicit form is the U-index, for “unpleasant” or “undesirable”, which measures the proportion of time an ...
(published in: Alan Krueger (ed.): Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2009, 155 - 226)
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J22
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3353
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Claus
Schnabel
Susanne
Kohaut
Udo
Brixy
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Employment Stability of Entrants in Newly Founded Firms: A Matching Approach Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany
Using a linked employer-employee dataset and taking the perspective of individuals rather than firms, this paper analyzes some effects of joining start-ups. We show that entrants in new firms differ ...
(published in: Small Business Economics, 2011, 36(1), 85-100)
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J63, J64
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3352
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Karen
van der Wiel
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Better Protected, Better Paid: Evidence on How Employment Protection Affects Wages
This paper empirically establishes the effect of the employer's term of notice on the wage level of employees. The term of notice is defined as the period an employer has to notify workers in advance ...
(substantially revised version published as IZA DP No. 4465)
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C23, J31, J38, J63
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3351
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Laszlo
Goerke
Markus
Pannenberg
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Risk Aversion and Trade Union Membership
In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk ...
(substantially revised version published as 'Risk Aversion, Collective Bargaining, and Wages in Germany' in: Labour, 2012, 26 (2), 156 - 173 )
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J51
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3350
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Thomas
Dohmen
Hartmut
Lehmann
Mark
E
Schaffer
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Wage Policies of a Russian Firm and the Financial Crisis of 1998: Evidence from Personnel Data – 1997 to 2002
We use a rich personnel data set from a Russian firm for the years 1997 to 2002 to analyze how the financial crisis in 1998 and the resulting change in external labor market conditions affect the ...
(revised version published in: Industrial Labor Relations Review, 2014, 67 (2), 504-531.)
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J23, J31, P23
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3349
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Laurens
Cherchye
Bram
De Rock
Frederic
Vermeulen
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Economic Well-Being and Poverty among the Elderly: An Analysis Based on a Collective Consumption Model
We apply the collective consumption model of Browning, Chiappori and Lewbel (2006) to analyse economic well-being and poverty among the elderly. The model focuses on individual preferences, a ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56 (6), 985-1000)
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D11, D12, D13, D63, I31
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3348
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Stefano
Gagliarducci
Tommaso
Nannicini
Paolo
Naticchioni
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Electoral Rules and Politicians’ Behavior: A Micro Test
Theory predicts that the majoritarian electoral system should produce more targeted redistribution and lower politicians’ rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3 (3), 144-174)
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C20, D72, D78, P16
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3347
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Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Subal
C.
Kumbhakar
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Impact of Reforms on Plant-Level Productivity and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector
It is generally believed that the structural reforms that usher in competition and force companies to become more efficient were introduced later in India following the macroeconomic crisis in 1991. ...
(published in: Journal of Asian Economics, 21(2): 219-232, 2010)
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C13, O12
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