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A Cartel Analysis of the German Labor Institutions and Its Implications for Labor Market Reforms
Haucap, Justus; Pauly, Uwe; Wey, Christian - 2007
This paper offers a cartel explanation for the stability of German collective bargaining institutions.We show that a dense net of legal safeguards has been yarned around the wage setting cartel. These measures make deviation by cartel insiders less attractive and simultaneously erect entry...
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Raising rivals' fixed (labor) costs: The Deutsche Post case
Heitzler, Sven; Wey, Christian - 2010
We analyze the bargaining problem of an incumbent firm and a union when the wage contract becomes generally binding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271363
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Stabileres Tarifvertragssystem durch Stärkung der Allgemeinverbindlicherklärung?
Schulten, Thorsten; Bispinck, Reinhard - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) 11, pp. 758-764
Das Instrument der Allgemeinverbindlicherklärung von Tarifverträgen spielt in Deutschland anders als in anderen …
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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001
This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297735
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Der Flächentarifvertrag: Eine kritische Würdigung aus ökonomischer Sicht
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1999
auf. Denn Lohnverhandlungen ausschließlich auf der betrieblichen Ebene führen dort zu teilweise beachtlichen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297655
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Der Einfluss des Lohnsetzungsregimes auf das geschlechtsspezifische Lohndifferenzial
Teschner, Tatjana - 2009
Der Beitrag untersucht den Einfluss von Flächentarifverträgen und individuellen Lohnvereinbarungen auf das geschlechtsspezifische Lohndifferenzial und seine Veränderung im Zeitablauf auf Basis der Gehalts- und Lohnstrukturerhebung – ab 2006: Verdienststrukturerhebung – für...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270057
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Rising wage inequality, the decline of collective bargaining, and the gender wage gap
Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin - 2010
This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany between 2001 and 2006. Based on detailed linked employer-employee data, we show that wage inequality is rising strongly – driven not only by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300007
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Rising wage inequality, the decline of collective bargaining, and the gender wage gap
Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin - 2010
This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany between 2001 and 2006. Based on detailed linked employer-employee data, we show that wage inequality is rising strongly - driven not only by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269865
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The Rationale for Wage Rigidity: Survey Evidence from German and US Firms
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Franz, Wolfgang - 2002
methods, for example, and find strong support for explanations based on labor union contracts and implicit wages for Germany …. Furthermore, survey respondents indicated that labor union contracts and implicit contracts are important reasons for wage … skilled. In contrast to the US experience for German firms insider-outsider behavior, labor union contracts and specific human …
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Industry-level wage bargaining : a partial rehabilitation ; the German experience
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1999
In order to reduce unemployment, it is often recommended that industry-level wage bargaining in Germany should be replaced by a more decentralized system. This paper provides a critical assessment of the current wage bargaining institutions and reexamines the case for a more decentralized...
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