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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765995003321

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

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

©1995

ISBN

1-134-80895-X

1-280-17887-6

0-203-98250-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

331.12/0943

Soggetti

Labor market - United States

Labor market - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE Comparative views on the U.S. and German economies; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; 1 Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance; 2 Work Organization and Training in American Enterprises; 3 Works Councils, Unions, and Firm Performance; 4 Policy Transferability and Hysteresis; 5 Why Do Americans and Germans Work Different Hours?; 6 Institutional Influences on Interindustry Wage Differentials; 7 Profit Sharing in German Firms; 8 The German Apprenticeship System

9 Labor Market Policy, Information, and Hiring Behavior10 Different Institutional Arrangements for Job Placement; 11 Employment Dynamics, Firm Growth, and New Firm Formation; 12 Labor Adjustment Under Different Institutional Structures; 13 The Macroperformance of The German Labor Market; Index

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.