"Verstärkte Unterschiede in den Strukturen der Arbeitslosigkeit nach Qualifikationsgruppen, Wirtschaftssektoren und/oder Regionen gelten nach grundlegenden ökonomischen Modellvorstellungen als Effekte mangelnder Flexibilität oder von Nivellierungstendenzen der Lohnstrukturen. Ausgehend von...

Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

We argue that in labor markets with central wage bargaining wage flexibility varies systematically across the wage distribution: local wage flexibility is more relevant for the upper part of the wage distribution, and flexibility of wages negotiated under central wage bargaining affects the...

"Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

We argue that in labor markets with central wage bargaining wage flexibility varies systematically across the wage distribution: local wage flexibility is more relevant for the upper part of the wage distribution, and flexibility of wages negotiated under central wage bargaining affects the...

"Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

"Nachdem wegen der zurückhaltenden Lohnabschlüsse der Tarifparteien in den vergangenen Jahren neuerdings weniger die Entwicklung des Lohnniveaus als der Lohnstruktur diskutiert wird, gewinnen arbeitsmarkttheoretische und empirische Untersuchungen des Zusammenhangs zwischen sektoraler,...

"Nachdem wegen der zurückhaltenden Lohnabschlüsse der Tarifparteien in den vergangenen Jahren neuerdings weniger die Entwicklung des Lohnniveaus als der Lohnstruktur diskutiert wird, gewinnen arbeitsmarkttheoretische und empirische Untersuchungen des Zusammenhangs zwischen sektoraler,...

The paper explores wage setting practice in eastern Germany since unification. It gathers evidence to support the claim that economically non-viable collective agreements have fostered decentralized wage setting. First, we document the declining organization rates of both employers and...