In Germany, trade unions and employers associations play a role not only in wage determination but also in social … for five out of six employees because they constitute an anchor of wage setting even for those firms that are not formally …

In Germany, trade unions and employers associations play a role not only in wage determination but also in social … for five out of six employees because they constitute an anchor of wage setting even for those firms that are not formally …

negotiated at the branch level. In these firms, the average wage gap was about 10 per cent. The number of such firms and the size … of the wage gap have been falling in recent years. One important explanation for firms paying higher wages can be found … in the German system of relatively centralized wage negotiations with its limited possibilities of differentiation. Other …