Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

percentage points for females in West, and eight and 14 percentage points, respectively, in East Germany. We find that neither …

War mit der Vereinigung Deutschlands ein starker Anstieg in der Mitgliederzahl der Gewerkschaften in Deutschland …

Despite the apparent stability of the wage bargaining institutions in West Germany, aggregate union membership has been …

Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace …-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain … differences between East and West Germany as well as the corresponding changes in NUD over time. Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions …

Despite the apparent stability of the wage bargaining institutions in West Germany, aggregate union membership has been … institutions in West Germany, aggregate union membership has been declining dramatically since the early 1990s. However, aggregate …