This paper presents the first comparative analysis of the decline in collective bargaining in two European countries … changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …-2004. In both countries within-effects dominate compositional changes as the source of the recent decline in unionism. Overall …

in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present …Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and Britain. That said, comparatively …, using successive waves of the German IAB Establishment Panel and both cross-sectional and panel components of the British …

representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present …Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said …, using successive waves of the German IAB Establishment Panel and both cross-sectional and panel components of the British …

representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present …Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said …, using successive waves of the German IAB Establishment Panel and both cross-sectional and panel components of the British …

This paper presents the first comparative analysis of the decline in collective bargaining in two European countries … changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …-2004. In both countries within-effects dominate compositional changes as the source of the recent decline in unionism. Overall …