and the level at which collective bargaining is conducted. Attention is also paid to the quality of industrial relations …. There is also some indication that collective bargaining at levels higher than the company can exacerbate strike activity … but this effect does not persist, possibly because of decentralization and the development of hybrid bargaining structures …

This paper presents the first comparative analysis of the decline in collective bargaining in two European countries … changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …

little is known in any detail of the changing pattern of the institutions of collective bargaining and worker representation … Workplace Employment Relations Survey. We identify the workplace correlates of the demise of collective bargaining in Britain … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …

, comparatively little is known in any detail of the changing pattern of the institutions of collective bargaining and worker … Workplace Employment Relations Survey. We identify the workplace correlates of the demise of collective bargaining in Britain … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …

The effect of collective bargaining on innovation has long been in dispute. At the level of theory, the hold-up problem … impact of collective bargaining on (several measures of) process innovation and product innovation. Our cross section and …, collective bargaining at sectoral level might even be pro innovative. …

Recent studies have pointed to the association between declining collective bargaining coverage and rising overall wage …