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

utility. We show for a wage bargaining model that a stronger earningsrelationship of unemployment benefits may reduce wages …

collective bargaining agreement. -- Wage inequality ; skill-biased organizational change ; training ; technology ; establishment … age ; collective bargaining …

bargaining creates additional impediments for the positive employment consequences of UISAs. -- Employment ; trade union …

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 …

For a two-period screening model of strikes it is shown that joint bargaining instead of enterprise negotiations lowers …

. -- Trade union membership ; social custom ; wage bargaining …