Using a representative establishment data set for Germany, we show that more than 40 percent of plants covered by … restrictions imposed by the rather centralized system of collective bargaining in Germany, plants which make use of single …

Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to …

service sector and in eastern Germany, and its extent is increasing dramatically …

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed …