The area-wide wage agreement is at the centre of Germany s system of collective bargaining. In recent years, however …, there has been a tendency towards the decentralisation of collective bargaining. Individual wage agreements have led to more … had this moderating effect. On the other hand, collective bargaining has become more flexible. The further …

ii) labour markets are subject to a static inefficiency resulting from wage bargaining. If considered in isolation, under …

We theoretically analyse the effects of sick pay and employees' health on collective bargaining, assuming that …

efficiently according to the familiar Nash bargaining solution, we show that central negotiations lead to a lower employment level …

The paper introduces a model of enterprise formation in a unionized economy with labor protection and wage bargaining …

This paper examines how collective bargaining through unions and workplace co-determination through works councils …

bargaining framework within which works councils are embedded, and also by allowing for works council learning. It is reported … associated with a much higher probability of transitioning from no collective bargaining to sectoral bargaining coverage over the …