The article addresses the question whether or not the trend towards the decentralisation of collective bargaining on …

Collective bargaining in the German metal and electrical engineering (M+E) industries has undergone a phase of … considerable development since the 1990s. The profound changes which underwent collective bargaining in M+E over the last two … restructuring which shaped the bargaining agenda. This discussion paper examines these developments, putting a special focus on the …

This chapter provides a survey of econometric studies on trade unions and collective bargaining in Germany …. Traditionally, these studies have examined the determinants of trade union membership and collective bargaining coverage. Recent … research has a strong focus on the implications of collective bargaining for wages, flexibility and the performance of firms …

incidence and collective bargaining coverage have a positive interaction effect on productivity in domestic-owned establishments …

-establishment firms, the estimates show that works council presence interacts with the coverage by a collective bargaining agreement. The …

. Because of the declining bargaining coverage, calls for a stabilisation of the collective bargaining system are increasing. In …

and fragmentation of collective bargaining as well - and more fundamentally - to a significant change in power relations …