Hans-Dieter Gerner
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
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Archive | 2011
Lutz Bellmann; Hans-Dieter Gerner
Despite the “German Job Miracle,” conditional difference-in-differences estimations to control for observed and unobserved heterogeneity reveal substantial employment reductions in establishments affected by the economic crisis. Falls in employment are strongest in plants with a relatively low proportion of qualified workers. Furthermore, our results indicate that the economic crisis is associated with a decline in wages, but only in those establishments that do not operate working time accounts. In sum, we do not find evidence for the current crisis having a reversed effect on the relative earnings position. Obviously once again, the higher qualified are better off than the lower qualified.
Economic & Industrial Democracy | 2014
Peter Ellguth; Hans-Dieter Gerner; Jens Stegmaier
German employment relations are characterized by a distinct dual system. First, working conditions and wages are determined by industry-level collective bargaining agreements. Second, on the establishment-level, the works council is responsible for employer–employee negotiations. However, since the mid-1980s, an increasing number of areas of regulation have been transferred from the industry- to the establishment-level using so-called opening clauses. The analysis in this article relies on rich German establishment data and reveals new insights into the institutional machinery of wage bargaining. While the existence of such clauses is related to higher wages, their application results in wage cuts of roughly the same size. The results also suggest that works councils, on average, are able to prevent the negative wage effects of opening clauses.
The Manchester School | 2018
Lutz Bellmann; Hans-Dieter Gerner; Richard Upward
We use a simple regression-based approach to measure the relationship between employment growth, hirings and separations in a large panel of German establishments over the period 1993-2009. Although the average level of hiring and separation is much lower in Germany than in the US, as expected, we find that the relationship between employment growth and worker flows in German establishments is very similar to the behaviour of US establishments described in Davis, Faberman & Haltiwanger (2006, 2011), and quite different to the behaviour of French establishments described in Abowd, Corbel & Kramarz (1999). The relationship is very stable over time, even during the most recent economic crisis, and across different types of establishment.
Economic & Industrial Democracy | 2015
Lutz Bellmann; Hans-Dieter Gerner; Olaf Hübler
Company-level pacts between the management and the works council are often preferred in comparison to agreements between employers’ association and unions because the former negotiating partners are better informed about the economic situation of a company and have fewer goal conflicts than the latter. Moreover, these company-level pacts might reduce the ‘hold-up’ problems which arise once specialized investment is made. Therefore, this article investigates whether such agreements affect firm-level investment. Based on the IAB Establishment Panel Survey 2001–2010 the study indicates that the adoption of a company-level pact leads to a higher investment rate than in other firms driven by reinvestment. However, the Great Recession has damped this positive influence. From the econometric analysis the article does not detect any increase in investment during the negotiation phase. After the expiration of a company-level pact, lower reinvestment and a small increase in net investment take place.
Archive | 2013
Lutz Bellmann; Andreas Crimmann; Hans-Dieter Gerner; Frank Wießner
‘Work sharing’ is a labour market instrument devised to distribute a reduced volume of work to the same (or similar) number of workers over a diminished period of working time in order to avoid redundancies. This fascinating and timely study presents the concept and history of work sharing and explores the complexities and trade-offs involved in its use as both a strategy for preserving jobs and a policy for increasing employment.
Archive | 2012
Lutz Bellmann; Hans-Dieter Gerner
Schnell privatisieren, entschlossen sanieren, behutsam stilllegen (Dr. Detlev Karsten Rohwedder im Marz 1991).
Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research | 2008
Hans Dietrich; Hans-Dieter Gerner
Archive | 2008
Hans-Dieter Gerner; Jens Stegmaier
Sozialer Fortschritt | 2008
Hans Dietrich; Hans-Dieter Gerner
Archive | 2012
Peter Ellguth; Hans-Dieter Gerner; Jens Stegmaier