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The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation : transitions between states and their determinants ; a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2009

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …

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Slip sliding away : further union decline in Germany and Britain

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2010

changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …

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The "good workplace" : the role of joint consultative committees, unions and HR policies in employee ratings of workplaces in Britain

Barry, Michael P.; Bryson, Alex; Gómez, Rafael; … - 2018

Using new, rich data on a representative sample of British workers, we examine the relationship between joint consultation systems at the workplace and employee satisfaction, accounting for possible interactions with union and management-led high-commitment strategies. We focus on non-union...

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The twin track model of employee voice : an Anglo-American perspective on union decline and the rise of alternative forms of voice

Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B.; Gómez, Rafael; … - 2017

We present a simple framework for analyzing decline in union voice in the Anglo-American world and its replacement by non-union, often direct, forms of worker voice. We argue that it is a decline in the in-flow to unionisation among employers and workers, rather than an increase in the outflow...

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Unionization of retired workers in Europe

Pyka, Vinzenz; Schnabel, Claus - 2023

We shed light on an understudied group: retirees in unions. Using representative individual-level data of 19 European countries, we find that the share of retirees in unions and the union density of retirees increased between 2008 and 2020. Econometric analyses indicate that on average retired...

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The institutional context of an "empirical law": the wage curve under different regimes of collective bargaining

Blien, Uwe; Dauth, Wolfgang; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2009

-scale linked employer-employee data set for western Germany, this paper provides a first test of the relevance of different …

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Wage cyclicality under different regimes of industrial relations

Gartner, Hermann; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2010

Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …

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Women move differently: Job separations and gender

Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - 2010

Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...

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Let's take bargaining models seriously: The decline in union power in Germany, 1992 - 2009

Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - 2011

results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany … gewerkschaftlicher Stäarke her und berechnen ihn mit Jahresdaten für Deutschland. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die …

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The relative effectiveness of selected active labour market programmes and the common support problem

Stephan, Gesine (contributor); Pahnke, André (contributor) - 2008

For Germany, we analyse the (relative) effects of participation in several active labour market programmes on the …

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