Prof. Dr. Claus Schnabel

Prof. Dr. Schnabel — Prof. Dr. Claus Schnabel

Chair of Labor and Regional Economics

Curriculum vitae

Claus Schnabel studied economics from 1981 to 1988 at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, where he received an MA in 1985, and at Hohenheim University, Germany, where he obtained his doctoral degree in economics in 1988. From 1988 to 2000, he worked as a researcher and then as head of the industrial relations department at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW). After his habilitation, he also was Privatdozent for economics at Ruhr University Bochum from 1997 to 2000. Claus Schnabel has been Chair of Labor and Regional Economics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) since 2000 and a research fellow of IZA Bonn since 2006. He has also been speaker of the Labor and Socio-Economic Research Center (LASER) since 2007, co-editor of the Journal for Labour Market Research since 2008, and a research professor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) since 2015.

His research priorities are trade unions and employer associations, employee co-determination, wage formation, wage gaps, self-employment, labour market monopsony, and plant closings.

2024

Fackler D., Schnabel C., Stegmaier J.:
Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: did co-determination make a difference?
In: Journal for Labour Market Research 58 (2024)
ISSN: 1867-8343
URL: https://labourmarketresearch.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12651-024-00362-1
Pyka V., Schnabel C.:
Unionization of retired workers in Europe
In: European Journal of Industrial Relations (2024)
ISSN: 0959-6801
DOI: 10.1177/09596801241253570
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09596801241253570
Wolff M., White JC., Abraham M., Schnabel C., Wieser L., Niessen C.:
The threat of electronic performance monitoring: Exploring the role of leader-member exchange on employee privacy invasion
In: Journal of Vocational Behavior (2024), Article No.: 104031
ISSN: 0001-8791
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2024.104031

2023

Bonaccolto-Toepfer M., Schnabel C.:
Is There a Union Wage Premium in Germany and Which Workers Benefit Most?
In: Economies 11 (2023)
ISSN: 2227-7099
DOI: 10.3390/economies11020050
Genz S., Schnabel C.:
Digitalization is not gender-neutral
In: Economics letters 230 (2023), Article No.: 111256
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111256

2022

Abraham M., Collischon M., Grimm V., Kreuter F., Moser K., Niessen C., Schnabel C., Stephan G., Trappmann M., Wolbring T.:
COVID-19, normative attitudes and pluralistic ignorance in employer-employee relationships
In: Journal for Labour Market Research 56 (2022), Article No.: 19
ISSN: 1867-8343
DOI: 10.1186/s12651-022-00325-4
Hirsch B., Lentge P., Schnabel C.:
Uncovered workers in plants covered by collective bargaining: Who are they and how do they fare?
In: British Journal of Industrial Relations (2022)
ISSN: 0007-1080
DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12679
Schnabel C.:
Presenteeism at the workplace
In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
ISSN: 2054-9571
DOI: 10.15185/izawol.495

2021

Fackler D., Hölscher L., Schnabel C., Weyh A.:
Does working at a start-up pay off?
In: Small Business Economics (2021)
ISSN: 0921-898X
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-021-00508-2
Kölling A., Schnabel C.:
Owners, external managers and industrial relations in German establishments
In: British Journal of Industrial Relations (2021)
ISSN: 0007-1080
DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12623
Riphahn RT., Schnabel C., Stephan G.:
Was kann maschinelles Lernen in der Arbeitsmarkt- und Bildungsforschung leisten?
In: IAB-Forum (2021)
ISSN: 1861-7522
(Conference report)

2020

Kovalenko T., Schnabel C., Stüber H.:
Is the German Labor Market Granular?
In: Applied Economics Letters (2020)
ISSN: 1350-4851
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1855300
Oberfichtner M., Schnabel C., Töpfer M.:
Do Unions and Works Councils really dampen the Gender Pay Gap? Discordant Evidence from Germany
In: Economics letters 196 (2020)
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109509
Schnabel C.:
Betriebliche Mitbestimmung in Deutschland: Verbreitung, Auswirkungen und Implikationen
In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 21 (2020), p. 361-378
ISSN: 1465-6493
DOI: 10.1515/pwp-2020-0048
Schnabel C.:
Union Membership and Collective Bargaining: Trends and Determinants
In: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.): Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Cham: Springer, 2020
ISBN: 978-3-319-57365-6
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_202-1

2019

Abraham M., Niessen C., Schnabel C., Lorek K., Grimm V., Möslein K., Wrede M.:
Electronic monitoring at work: The role of attitudes, functions, and perceived control for the acceptance of tracking technologies.
In: Human Resource Management Journal 29 (2019), p. 657-675
ISSN: 0954-5395
DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12250
Bossler M., Oberfichtner M., Schnabel C.:
Employment Adjustments Following Rises and Reductions in Minimum Wages: New Insights From a Survey Experiment
In: Labour 34 (2019), p. 323-346
ISSN: 1121-7081
DOI: 10.1111/labr.12168
Bossler M., Schnabel C., Oberfichtner M.:
Sind 12 Euro Mindestlohn zu viel?
In: IAB-Forum (2019)
ISSN: 1861-7522
Fackler D., Fuchs M., Hölscher L., Schnabel C.:
Do Start-ups Provide Employment Opportunities for Disadvantaged Workers?
In: Industrial & Labor Relations Review 72 (2019), p. 1123-1148
ISSN: 0019-7939
DOI: 10.1177/0019793918814476
Prümer S., Schnabel C.:
Questioning the Stereotype of the “Malingering Bureaucrat”: Absence from Work in the Public and Private Sector in Germany
In: Kyklos 72 (2019), p. 570-603
ISSN: 0023-5962
DOI: 10.1111/kykl.12212
Schnabel C., Lechmann D.:
Präsentismus und Absentismus von Arbeitnehmern: zwei Seiten derselben Medaille?
In: Wirtschaftsdienst 99 (2019), p. 404-410
ISSN: 0043-6275
DOI: 10.1007/s10273-019-2465-1
Schnabel C., Müller S.:
Industrial Relations: Worker Codetermination and Collective Wage Bargaining
In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 239 (2019), p. 1-4
ISSN: 0021-4027
DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2018-0053
Schnabel C., Oberfichtner M.:
The German model of industrial relations: (where) does it still exist?
In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 239 (2019), p. 5-37
ISSN: 0021-4027
DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2018-0158

2018

Hirsch B., Jahn E., Schnabel C.:
Do employers possess more monopsony power in slack labor markets?
In: Industrial & Labor Relations Review 71 (2018), p. 676-704
ISSN: 0019-7939
DOI: 10.1177/0019793917720383

2017

Abraham M., Grimm V., Lorek K., Möslein K., Niessen C., Schnabel C., Wrede M.:
To track or not to track? LASER Discussion Paper, No. 101, Erlangen-Nürnberg.
(2017)
URL: http://www.laser.uni-erlangen.de/papers/paper/297.pdf
(Working Paper)
Ertelt S., Hirsch B., Schnabel C.:
Betriebsräte und andere Formen der betrieblichen Mitarbeitervertretung – Substitute oder Komplemente?
In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management 24 (2017), p. 296-320
ISSN: 0943-2779
DOI: 10.3224/indbez.v24i3.03
Hirsch B., Lechmann D., Schnabel C.:
Coming to work while sick: An economic theory of presenteeism with an application to German data
In: Oxford Economic Papers 69 (2017), p. 1010-1031
ISSN: 0030-7653

2016

Fackler D., Schnabel C., Schmucker A.:
Spinoffs in Germany: characteristics, survival, and the role of their parents
In: Small Business Economics 46 (2016), p. 93-114
ISSN: 0921-898X
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-015-9673-x
Schnabel C.:
Gewerkschaften auf dem Rückzug? Mythen, Fakten und Herausforderungen
In: Wirtschaftsdienst 96 (2016), p. 426-432
ISSN: 0043-6275
DOI: 10.1007/s10273-016-1993-1
Schnabel C.:
Low-wage employment
In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
ISSN: 2054-9571
DOI: 10.15185/izawol.276
Schnabel C.:
United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany
In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 236 (2016), p. 157-180
ISSN: 0021-4027
DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2015-1012