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Institutional frameworks and labor market performance : comparative views on the U.S. and German economies

Title: Institutional frameworks and labor market performance : comparative views on the U.S. and German economies / edited by Friedrich Buttler [and others].
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

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Additional Authors

Buttler, Friedrich.

Description

xiii, 352 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance provides an in-depth analysis of the functioning of various labor market institutions in both the USA and Germany. In close studies of the regulatory differences between the two countries, the authors examine the impact of those institutions on economic performance. On the basis of their findings they argue that the choice is not one between regulation and deregulation, but rather between different forms and degrees of regulation.
The authors discuss all the factors that influence the functioning of labor markets, including educational and vocational training systems; personnel recruitment, selection, and dismissal; work organization and hours of work; and labor law and labor relations. The book brings together leading specialists from the USA and Germany and will be of interest to students and practitioners in economics, political science, and the sociology of work.

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Contents

1. Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance / Friedrich Buttler, Wolfgang Franz, Ronald Schettkat and David Soskice -- 2. Work Organization and Training in American Enterprises / Paul Osterman -- 3. Work Councils, Unions, and Firm Performance / Bernd Frick and Dieter Sadowski -- 4. Policy Transferability and Hysteresis / Daniel S. Hamermesh -- 5. Why Do Americans and Germans Work Different Hours? / Linda Bell and Richard Freeman -- 6. Institutional Influences on Interindustry Wage Differentials / Lutz Bellmann and Joachim Moller -- 7. Profit Sharing in German Firms / Vivian Carstensen, Knut Gerlach and Olaf Hubler -- 8. The German Apprenticeship System / Wolfgang Franz and David Soskice -- 9. Labor Market Policy, Information, and Hiring Behavior / Robert J. Flanagan -- 10. Different Institutional Arrangements for Job Placement / Friedrich Buttler and Ulrich Walwei --
11. Employment Dynamics, Firm Growth, and New Firm Formation / Knut Gerlach and Joachim Wagner -- 12. Labor Adjustment Under Different Institutional Structures / Susan N. Houseman and Katharine G. Abraham -- 13. The Macroperformance of the German Labor Market / Ronald Schettkat.

ISBN

0415121183

LCCN

94038456

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries