@article{Hassel, author = {Hassel, Anke}, title = {No Way to Escape Imbalances in the Eurozone? Three Sources for Germany's Export Dependency: Industrial Relations, Social Insurance and Fiscal Federalism}, series = {German Politics}, volume = {26}, journal = {German Politics}, number = {3}, issn = {0964-4008}, doi = {10.1080/09644008.2017.1342813}, pages = {360 -- 379}, abstract = {Over the last two decades, the German political economy has increasingly relied on export specialisation as a strategy for economic recovery. This export-led development strategy turned out to be a mixed blessing. While, on the one hand, specialisation in high-quality manufactured goods has preserved Germany's competitive edge vis-{\`a}-vis many other industrialised countries, it has, on the other hand, led to an increasing dependency on exports as the engine for growth. There has been no equally strong evolution of a domestic service economy beyond manufacturing-related services. The issue of export dependency becomes increasingly important in light of the financial crisis and global imbalances, vis-{\`a}-vis Greece and the Eurozone but also globally. Weak aggregate demand depresses both domestic employment and endangers the still fragile construction of the Eurozone. The paper argues that Germany finds itself in an export-dependency trap due to imbalances between domestic services and export-driven manufacturing. It analyses three sources for the over-reliance on export-oriented manufacturing and weak employment in domestic services: firstly, the industrial relations system, secondly, the social insurance financing of the welfare state and thirdly, fiscal federalism. All three are fundamental pillars of the German political economy and locked into political coalitions that are not easily changed.}, language = {en} } @book{HasselPalier, author = {Hassel, Anke and Palier, Bruno}, title = {Growth and Welfare in Advanced Capitalist Economies}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, isbn = {9780198866176}, doi = {10.1093/oso/9780198866176.001.0001}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {480}, abstract = {Growth and Welfare in Advanced Capitalist Economies takes stock of the major economic challenges that advanced industrial democracies have faced since the early 1990s and the responses by governments to them. It has three goals: firstly, to further our understanding of how political economies have transformed over the past decades; secondly, to analyse the contribution of governments to these changes, by looking at their growth strategies and thirdly, to highlight and analyse the role of the reforms of welfare systems in this transformative change. In a nutshell, this book maps and provides general understanding of the evolution of growth regimes in advanced capitalist countries. It identifies five main growth regimes in contemporary advanced capitalist economies (three export-led and two domestic demand-led ones). To do so the book combines a supply side approach to economic growth as advocated by the Varieties of Capitalism Literature (OUP, 2001) with a demand side perspective as the recent discussion on growth models has exemplified. It argues that all political economies consist of growth regimes, which are based on a set of institutions that shape the supply side of the economy as well as on demand drivers such as government spending and private consumption. Both supply and demand are heavily shaped by the welfare state which provides for skills through education systems and stimulates demand through high social spending and private pension funds. The book focuses on the analysis of welfare reforms as growth strategies pursued by governments in an era characterised by financialization and the rise of the knowledge economy.}, language = {en} } @article{NaczykHassel, author = {Naczyk, Marek and Hassel, Anke}, title = {Insuring individuals … and politicians: financial services providers, stock market risk and the politics of private pension guarantees in Germany}, series = {Journal of European Public Policy}, volume = {26}, journal = {Journal of European Public Policy}, number = {4}, doi = {10.1080/13501763.2019.1574873}, pages = {579 -- 598}, abstract = {Studies of the rise of private defined-contribution pensions traditionally focus on social policy concerns about the allocation of risks and costs for beneficiaries and employers. There is, however, another - low-salience, financial - dimension of pension privatisation. Regulations introducing minimum return guarantees in private pensions impact financial markets because they incentivise fund managers to invest plan portfolios in fixed-income securities rather than in equities. While different segments of the financial industry have divergent preferences over such guarantees, policy-makers are caught in a dilemma: Should they prioritise predictable benefit levels or equity market development? Using the case of the introduction of Germany's 'Riester-Rente', we argue that, as politicians linked the introduction of private defined-contribution plans with cuts in statutory pensions, the re-emergence of a high-salience, social policy image of pensions helped insurance firms' and some trade unionists' case for minimum guarantees to prevail, thereby hindering equity market development in Germany.}, language = {en} } @article{HasselNaczyk, author = {Hassel, Anke and Naczyk, Marek}, title = {Warum es kaum Pensionsfonds in Deutschland gibt. Kapitalmarktrisiken, Finanzindustrie und die Politik der Mindestverzinsung}, series = {K{\"o}lner Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie}, volume = {70}, journal = {K{\"o}lner Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie}, doi = {10.1007/s11577-018-0538-6}, pages = {65 -- 88}, abstract = {Die Literatur zur Entwicklung privater Renten konzentriert sich traditionsgem{\"a}ß auf die sozialpolitischen Effekte im Hinblick auf die Verteilung von Risiken und Kosten auf Anspruchsberechtigte und Arbeitgeber. Es gibt jedoch noch eine weitere Dimension der Privatisierung der Altersvorsorge, die diese im Kontext der Finanzm{\"a}rkte und - im weiteren Sinn - des Wirtschaftssystems betrachtet. Hier spielen insbesondere Mindestverzinsungen eine große Rolle, weil sie f{\"u}r Fondsmanager einen Anreiz daf{\"u}r setzen, gr{\"o}ßere Tranchen der Portfolios in festverzinsliche Wertpapiere statt in Aktien zu investieren. W{\"a}hrend in den verschiedenen Segmenten der Finanzindustrie unterschiedliche Pr{\"a}ferenzen im Hinblick auf garantierte Mindestverzinsungen vorherrschen, befindet sich die Politik in einem Dilemma: Sollte man kalkulierbaren Renditen oder aber der Entwicklung der Aktienm{\"a}rkte Priorit{\"a}t einr{\"a}umen? Das Beispiel der Riester-Rente in Deutschland zeigt, dass die Verkn{\"u}pfung der Einf{\"u}hrung privater Rentenpl{\"a}ne mit Einschnitten bei der staatlichen Rente durch die Politik dazu f{\"u}hrte, dass Versicherungsunternehmen im Verbund mit Gewerkschaften auf Mindestleistungen bestanden und dadurch die Expansion der Aktienm{\"a}rkte in Deutschland eingeschr{\"a}nkt wurde.}, language = {de} } @book{HasselSchiller, author = {Hassel, Anke and Schiller, Christof}, title = {Der Fall Hartz IV. Wie es zur Agenda 2010 kam und wie es weiter geht}, publisher = {campus}, isbn = {9783593393360}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {348}, abstract = {2010 feiert Hartz IV seinen f{\"u}nften Geburtstag. Die fast t{\"a}glichen Debatten zeigen, dass das "Herzst{\"u}ck" der Agenda 2010 die Bundesrepublik grundlegender ver{\"a}ndert hat als jede andere Reform der letzten Jahrzehnte. Basierend auf Gespr{\"a}chen mit damaligen Akteuren untersuchen Anke Hassel und Christof Schiller die Hintergr{\"u}nde der Hartz-Reformen: Wer waren die zentralen Entscheidungstr{\"a}ger? Wurde der Reformstau {\"u}berwunden und ist das deutsche Regierungssystem heute besser in der Lage, auf die derzeitigen Herausforderungen zu reagieren? Dieses Buch liefert erstmals eine l{\"u}ckenlose Analyse der Entscheidungsprozesse, die zu Hartz IV gef{\"u}hrt haben, und gibt einen Ausblick auf die aktuellen Herausforderungen der Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Die Autoren r{\"a}umen mit g{\"a}ngigen Vorurteilen {\"u}ber die rot-gr{\"u}nen Reformen auf und zeichnen ein kenntnisreiches Bild der wirtschaftlichen und politischen Zusammenh{\"a}nge in der deutschen Politik. Sie kommen zu dem Schluss, dass die Hartz-IV-Reform, obgleich extrem, durchaus typisch f{\"u}r Reformpolitik in Deutschland ist und dass durch das Zusammenspiel von F{\"o}deralismus, Parteienwettbewerb und Sozialpartnern auch in Zukunft {\"a}hnliche Maßnahmen zu erwarten sind.}, language = {de} } @book{HasselWagner, author = {Hassel, Anke and Wagner, Bettina}, title = {Europ{\"a}ische Arbeitskr{\"a}ftemobilit{\"a}t nach Deutschland - Ein {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber Entsendung, Arbeitnehmerfreiz{\"u}gigkeit, Saisonarbeit und Niederlassungsfreiheit von EU-B{\"u}rgern in Deutschland}, publisher = {Hans-B{\"o}ckler-Stiftung}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, isbn = {978-3-86593-209-9}, language = {de} } @techreport{HasselSchroeder, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Hassel, Anke and Schroeder, Wolfgang}, title = {Gewerkschaften 2030. Rekrutierungsdefizite, Repr{\"a}sentationsl{\"u}cken und neue Strategien der Mitgliederpolitik}, series = {WSI Report}, journal = {WSI Report}, edition = {44}, issn = {2366-7079}, pages = {20}, language = {de} } @incollection{HasselHelmerich, author = {Hassel, Anke and Helmerich, Nicole}, title = {Institutional change in transnational labor governance: implementing social standards in public procurement and export credit guarantees}, series = {Global Justice and International Labour Rights}, booktitle = {Global Justice and International Labour Rights}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, address = {Cambridge}, isbn = {9781107087873}, pages = {239 -- 259}, language = {en} } @techreport{HasselHelmerich, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Hassel, Anke and Helmerich, Nicole}, title = {Workers' Voice in the 100 largest European companies}, series = {MBF-Report}, journal = {MBF-Report}, edition = {Nr. 31}, issn = {2364-0413}, pages = {9}, abstract = {-Workers’ Voice is widely present among the largest 100 firms in Europe. 90 \% of the largest firms participate in collective bargaining (CBA), 73 \% have a European Works Council (EWC) and 44 \% have Board-Level Employee Representation (BLER). 27 \% have a European Company Agreement (ECA), and 23 \% an International Framework Agreement (IFA). The data set allows three broad conclusions: - First, Workers’ Voice is mostly cumulative. Companieswith BLER always participate in collective bargaining and generally have a higher percentage of other forms of Workers’ Voice in place than companies without BLER. Companies with BLER and CBA in place also almost always have at least one European Works Council in place and, in 40.9 \% of the firms, also at least one European Company Agreement.- Second, Board-Level Employee Representation and collective bargaining seem to strengthen good corporate governance. Companies with BLER offered considerably lower remuneration packages within the company than companies without BLER. Companies without BLER as well as companies without CBA spent, on average, significantly more money on the highest remuneration packages than companies with BLER andCBA present and companies with only CBA present. Companies with BLER are associated with a lower influence of a single biggest owner.- Third, companies with strong Workers’ Voice show better performance compared to those without. Companies with both BLER and CBA have higher market value as well as higher net sales.}, language = {en} } @article{HasselvonVerschuer, author = {Hassel, Anke and von Verschuer, Sophia}, title = {Ein europ{\"a}ischer Rechtsrahmen f{\"u}r Arbeitnehmerbeteiligung in transnationalen Unternehmen}, series = {WSI-MITTEILUNGEN}, volume = {2/2019}, journal = {WSI-MITTEILUNGEN}, pages = {96 -- 105}, abstract = {In Anbetracht der Machtf{\"u}lle transnationaler Unternehmen und der sozialen Auswirkungen zunehmender Globalisierung sind neue Formen der gesellschaftlichen Einbettung von Unternehmen n{\"o}tig. Arbeitnehmerbeteiligung an strategischen Unternehmensentscheidungen ist ein wichtiges Instrument zur Korrektur unternehmerischer Entscheidungen und sie ist insbesondere ein Kernbestandteil des europ{\"a}ischen Sozialmodells. Die Arbeitnehmerbeteiligung bleibt jedoch derzeit unterentwickelt und den gegenw{\"a}rtigen Herausforderungen nicht angemessen. Ein wichtiger Ansatz zu ihrer St{\"a}rkung basiert auf der Vergewisserung ihrer Funktionen in einem institutionell heterogenen Umfeld. Verbindliche Formen der Arbeitnehmerbeteiligung m{\"u}ssen eine aktive Rolle bei der Formulierung von Arbeitnehmerinteressen und in der Unternehmensaufsicht spielen. Im Europarecht gibt es durchaus positive Ans{\"a}tze zur Verankerung von Beteiligungsrechten von Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmern, die jedoch durch weitere Integration des Gesellschafsrechts unterminiert werden. Eine L{\"o}sung besteht in der Formulierung von Bereichsausnahmen in den Regelungen zum EU-Binnenmarkt und einer aktiveren politischen Gestaltung eines arbeitnehmerfreundlichen europ{\"a}ischen Gesellschafsrechts.}, language = {de} } @article{Hassel, author = {Hassel, Anke}, title = {Innovationen d{\"u}rfen nicht nur technisch gesehen werden}, series = {Zeitschrift Handelsblatt}, journal = {Zeitschrift Handelsblatt}, edition = {02.02.2020}, language = {de} } @article{Hassel, author = {Hassel, Anke}, title = {Wor{\"u}ber die SPD mal dringend nachdenken sollte}, series = {Tagesspiegel}, journal = {Tagesspiegel}, edition = {04.11.2018}, language = {de} } @article{Hassel, author = {Hassel, Anke}, title = {Die Wirklichkeit nicht ignorieren. Die Linke muss verhindern, dass die Arbeiterklasse unter Zuwanderung leidet}, series = {IPG Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft Journal}, journal = {IPG Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft Journal}, edition = {09.11.2018}, language = {de} } @techreport{Hassel, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Hassel, Anke}, title = {Workers' Voice and Good Corporate Governance in Transnational Firms in Europe}, pages = {23}, language = {de} } @article{Hassel, author = {Hassel, Anke}, title = {Kann das weg? Optionen der Reform der Grundsicherung f{\"u}r Langzeitarbeitslose}, series = {ifo Schnelldienst}, journal = {ifo Schnelldienst}, number = {6/2019}, issn = {2199-4455 ; 0018-974 X}, pages = {7 -- 9}, language = {de} } @incollection{HasselEichhorst, author = {Hassel, Anke and Eichhorst, Werner}, title = {Are There Austerity-Related Policy Changes in Germany?}, series = {Labour Market Policies in the Era of Pervasive Austerity: A European Perspective}, booktitle = {Labour Market Policies in the Era of Pervasive Austerity: A European Perspective}, editor = {Theodoropoulou, Sotiria}, publisher = {Policy Press}, address = {Bristol}, isbn = {9781447335863}, publisher = {Hertie School}, language = {en} } @article{Hassel, author = {Hassel, Anke}, title = {Hoch die Eurosolidarit{\"a}t}, series = {der Freitag}, journal = {der Freitag}, number = {43/2018}, language = {de} } @article{HasselHoepnerKurdelbuschetal., author = {Hassel, Anke and H{\"o}pner, Martin and Kurdelbusch, Antje and Rehder, Britta and Zugeh{\"o}r, Rainer}, title = {Zwei Dimensionen der Internationalisierung: Eine empirische Analyse deutscher Grossunternehmen}, series = {K{\"o}lner Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie}, volume = {52}, journal = {K{\"o}lner Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie}, number = {3}, doi = {10.1007/s11577-000-0070-2}, pages = {500 -- 519}, abstract = {Um den Einfluß wirtschaftlicher Internationalisierung auf nationale Institutionengef{\"u}ge zu {\"u}berpr{\"u}fen, werden geeignete Messverfahren zur Messung von Internationalisierung ben{\"o}tigt. Der Beitrag stellt ein Verfahren zur Messung der Internationalisierung von Unternehmen vor. Dabei wird davon ausgegangen, dass die Internationalisierung von Unternehmen mehrere unterscheidbare Dimensionen hat. Die realwirtschaftliche Dimension beschreibt die g{\"u}ter- und produktionswirtschaftliche grenz{\"u}berschreitende Expansion der Unternehmen, w{\"a}hrend die kapitalmarktbezogene Dimension die Orientierung der Unternehmen an internationalen Kapitalm{\"a}rkten abbildet. Anhand einer Untersuchung {\"u}ber den Internationalisierungsgrad der 100 gr{\"o}ßten deutschen Unternehmen werden beide Internationalisierungsdimensionen empirisch {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft. Die Faktorenanalyse unterst{\"u}tzt die Annahme, dass sich beide Dimensionen empirisch deutlich voneinander unterscheiden lassen. Anhand der vorgestellten Messmethoden lassen sich die Unternehmen eindeutig in stark und schwach internationalisierte Unternehmen einteilen.}, language = {de} } @article{HasselKnudsenWagner, author = {Hassel, Anke and Knudsen, Jette Steen and Wagner, Bettina}, title = {Winning the battle or losing the war: the impact of European integration on labour market institutions in Germany and Denmark}, series = {Journal of European Public Policy}, volume = {23}, journal = {Journal of European Public Policy}, number = {8}, doi = {10.1080/13501763.2016.1186209}, pages = {1218 -- 1239}, abstract = {The European Union (EU) literature sees increasing market liberalization as a challenge for models of national capitalism. EU liberalization, it is argued, erodes national employment regimes and social protection. However, other scholars highlight the ability of national institutions to reinvent themselves. This contribution assesses these claims by exploring an extreme case of labour market pressure driven by EU liberalization. Focusing on the meat production sector, it shows that low-wage labour migration has affected employment conditions in the meat production sector in Germany and Denmark in different ways: dualization has made Germany a destination country for low-wage work; in contrast, union solidarity in Denmark has kept wages high and Danish meat producers have outsourced work to Germany. The underlying industrial relations systems have shaped actors' responses to the use of migrant labour.}, language = {en} } @article{HasselHoepnerKurdelbuschetal., author = {Hassel, Anke and H{\"o}pner, Martin and Kurdelbusch, Antje and Rehder, Britta and Zugeh{\"o}r, Rainer}, title = {Two Dimensions of the Internationalization of Firms}, series = {Journal of Management Studies}, volume = {40}, journal = {Journal of Management Studies}, number = {3}, editor = {Morgan, Glenn}, doi = {10.1111/1467-6486.00357}, pages = {705 -- 723}, abstract = {The paper argues that there are two dimensions of internationalization: one which refers to the production activities of firms abroad and one which focuses on the corporate governance dimension of firms. While the first one is well known in the literature on internationalization, the financial dimension has not yet been addressed empirically. At the same time there are indicators that financial internationalization is gaining importance. Using a sample of the 100 largest German companies it shows that both dimensions, the real and the financial dimension, do not co-vary and therefore cannot be combined into one index.}, language = {en} } @article{Hassel, author = {Hassel, Anke}, title = {The Politics of Social Pacts}, series = {British Journal of Industrial Relations Industrial Relations}, volume = {41}, journal = {British Journal of Industrial Relations Industrial Relations}, number = {4}, doi = {10.1046/j.1467-8543.2003.00295.x}, pages = {707 -- 726}, abstract = {The paper develops an analytical framework for the politics of negotiated voluntary wage restraint in the context of social pacts. It argues that, in contrast to earlier political exchanges, tripartite negotiations on wage restraint under restrictive economic policies are not based on a political exchange whereby governments had to compensate trade unions for wage restraint. Rather, governments can threaten trade unions with tight monetary policy and trade unions can either engage in negotiated adjustment or suffer restrictions. Social pacts are therefore an instrument of adjustment by governments to a new economic environment, and not a tool of economic policy.}, language = {en} } @article{HasselBeyer, author = {Hassel, Anke and Beyer, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {The effects of convergence: internationalization and the changing distribution of net value added in large German firms}, series = {Economy and Society}, volume = {31}, journal = {Economy and Society}, number = {3}, doi = {10.1080/03085140220151837}, pages = {309 -- 332}, language = {en} }