It is sometimes claimed that the coverage of collective bargaining in Germany is considerably understated because of … orientation, a process whereby uncovered firms profess to shadow the wages set under sectoral bargaining. Yet importantly, at a … time when collective bargaining proper has been in retreat, little is known of corresponding trends in the frequency of …

2050, while the average age of employees will increase. The consequence is a great need for new collective bargaining … enough room for negotiation at the establishment level. Qualitative collective bargaining needs to contribute to making …

This analysis examines the connection between collective wage bargaining in Germany and the adjustments to the … on the collective bargaining areas of North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin-Brandenburg. The combination of quantitative and … qualitative methods shows that collective bargaining was most strongly influenced by the government's decision to increase the …