bargaining reduces employment growth by two to four percentage points per year. Evidence is, however, mostly related to Anglo …-wide bargaining agreement or firmlevel contract and employment growth per annum of about 0.8 percentage points. Using various … constant a variable entity. We use linked-employer-employee data for Germany and analyse the effect of collective bargaining …

can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining … that an overall increase in risk aversion contributes to wage moderation and promotes employment. …