quits are important reasons for wage rigidities for high skilled labour. Compared to findings from the USA, in Germany …

This paper examines critically the system of industry-level wage bargaining in Germany. More specifically, it shows … that the importance of industry-level wage bargaining declines in Germany and that one major reason for this development is …

Tarifvertrag an. In den nicht-tarifgebundenen Unternehmen werden in 87 Prozent die Arbeitsbedingungen einzelvertraglich … unternehmensnahen Dienstleistungsunternehmen aus den Jahren 1996 bis 1999. 38 Prozent der Unternehmen in der Stichprobe wenden einen … beeinflussen. Im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen wenden tarifgebundene Unternehmen die Instrumente Neueinstellungen und Überstunden …

There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence … factors when firms from the service sector are faced with demand shocks. The estimation results indicate that collective wage …

In order to reduce unemployment, it is often recommended that industry-level wage bargaining in Germany should be …

training and education costs in the USA for unskilled employees and unemployed. In Germany, the lower skill wage mark-up leads … general equilibrium model, this paper shows that skilled insiders in the USA enjoy higher rents and increase the skilled wage … mark-up stronger than in Germany in the wake of skill-biased technological change. The reason is that the unskilled …