Using linked employer-employee data, this paper estimates the effect of collective bargaining coverage on wages over an … robustness checks. Joining a sectoral agreement is found always to produce higher wages, while exiting a sectoral agreement no …

This paper provides the first full examination of the effect of German works councils on wages using matched employer …

This study compares the determinants of productivity and wages at both firm and worker level. In the firm …

orientation, a process whereby uncovered firms profess to shadow the wages set under sectoral bargaining. Yet importantly, at a … indirect coverage, still less of the degree to which wages are aligned in practice. Using nationally representative data for … 2000-2010, this paper charts the extent of orientation in the uncovered sector, and tracks average wages across bargaining …

Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990 … mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …

In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on … indication of adverse effects for (the three) other employment outcomes identified here. Moreover, with the possible exception of …