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Risk aversion, collective bargaining, and wages in Germany
"We develop an open-shop model of trade union membership in which workers differ in their risk attitudes, and derive conditions under which the bargained wage will fall and union membership will ...
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Norm-based trade union membership: evidence for Germany
"In the absence of closed-shops and discriminatory wage policies, union membership can be explained by the existence of social norms. We describe a model, incorporating institutional features of the ...
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Direct evidence on income comparisons and subjective well-being
"Subjective well-being (SWB) is generally argued to rise with relative income. However, direct evidence is scarce on whether and how intensively individuals undertake income comparisons, to whom they ...
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Trade union membership and sickness absence: evidence from a sick pay reform
"In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that trade union members are dismissed less often than non-members, we construct a ...
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Norm-based trade union membership : evidence for Germany
"In the absence of closed shops and discriminatory wage policies, union membership can be explained by the existence of social norms.We describe a model, incorporating institutional features of the ...
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Trade union membership and dismissals
"In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage. Therefore, prima facie, there are strong incentives to free-ride on the ...
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An economic analysis of dismissal legislation: determinants of severance pay in West Germany
"Severance pay is a vital part of employment protection legislation (EPL). We investigate the incidence and level of severance pay for dismissed employees. Our theoretical model predicts that not ...
