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

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining … associated with higher wages. Yet, individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm shows a negative impact both on the wage …

This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of … by real wage losses below the median. Coverage by collective wage bargaining plummets by 16.5 (19.1) percentage points … shows that all workplace related effects (firm effects and bargaining effects) and coefficients for personal characteristics …

This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of … by real wage losses below the median. Coverage by collective wage bargaining plummets by 16.5 (19.1) percentage points … shows that all workplace related effects (firm effects and bargaining effects) and coefficients for personal characteristics …

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 …

2006, we document a sharp drop in collective bargaining coverage that amounts to 17 percentage points for males and 20 … explanation for the drop in collective bargaining coverage. The drop in coverage is the result of an unexplained time trend. …

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

We argue that in labor markets with central wage bargaining wage flexibility varies systematically across the wage … negotiated under central wage bargaining affects the lower part of the wage distribution. Using a random sample of German social …