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...

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...

This paper investigates the influence of industrial relations on firm wage premia in Germany. OLS regressions for the firm effects from a two-way fixed effects decomposition of workers' wages by Card, Heining, and Kline (2013) document that average premia are larger in firms bound by collective...

While there is a strong overlap between membership in employers' associations and collective bargaining coverage, the overlap is far from being perfect. Using unique firm-level data from Germany, this study estimates the determinants of the membership in employers' associations and the coverage...

Die Inflationsdynamik hat sich bislang noch nicht auf die gesamtwirtschaftliche Tariflohndynamik übertragen. Es gab zwar einzelne Abschlüsse, die überdurchschnittlich hoch ausfielen - etwa der Abschluss in der Eisenund Stahlindustrie, der neben einem einmaligen "Energiebonus" von 500 Euro...

Während die Tarifverhandlungen im Jahr 2020 unter dem Einfluss der Corona-Pandemie überaus harmonisch geführt wurden, zeichnet sich im laufenden Jahr eine Trendwende ab. Die Konfliktbereitschaft hat im ersten Halbjahr 2021 spürbar zugenommen. Dies zeigt eine Analyse von 14 zentralen...

While there is a strong overlap between membership in employers' associations and collective bargaining coverage, the overlap is far from being perfect. Using unique firm-level data from Germany, this study estimates the determinants of the membership in employers' associations and the coverage...