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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476805203321

Titolo

Institutional frameworks and labor market performance : comparative views on the U.S. and German economies / / edited by Friedrich Buttler [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1995

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 352 pages)

Disciplina

331.12/0943

Soggetti

Labor market - United States

Labor market - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Institutional frameworks and labor market performance / Friedrich Buttler [and others] -- Work organization and training in American enterprises / Paul Osterman -- Works councils, unions, and firm performance / Bernd Frick and Dieter Sadowski -- Policy transferability and hysteresis / Daniel S. Hamermesh -- Why do Americans and Germans work different hours? / Linda Bell and Richard Freeman -- Institutional influences on interindustry wage differentials / Lutz Bellmann and Joachim Möller -- Profit sharing in German firms / Vivian Carstensen, Knut Gerlach and Olaf Hübler -- The German apprenticeship system / Wolfgang Franz and David Soskice -- Labor market policy, information, and hiring behavior / Robert J. Flanagan -- Different institutional arrangements for job placement / Friedrich Buttler and Ulrich Walwei -- Employment dynamics, firm growth, and new firm formation / Knut Gerlach and Joachim Wagner -- Labor adjustment under different institutional structures / Susan N. Houseman and Katharine G. Abraham -- The Macroperformance of the German labor market / Ronald Schettkat.

Sommario/riassunto

Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance produces an in-depth analysis of the functioning of various labor market institutions in both the USA and Germany. Particular emphasis is given to the substantial differences between the US and Germany in the ways important areas are regulated. The authors show that the impact of



institutions on economic performance is ambivalent. They argue that in this sense, the decision is not one between regulation and deregulation but rather one between different degrees and forms of regulation.