Labour market developments in Germany: tales of decency and stability

Bea Ruoff

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Discusses the German reunification in the early 1990s, and the Hartz reforms in the early 2000s. Argues that these two shocks divide the German wage bargaining system into the old labour market system, which is characterised by a high degree of coordination through pattern bargaining, and the new dual labour market system, where pattern bargaining exists to some extent but is characterized by a marked increase in precarious work.

Keywords: labour market analysis.; unemployment; wage determination; precarious employment; trade union role.; minimum wage; trend; analyse du marché du travail; chômage; fixation du salaire; emploi précaire; rôle du syndicat; salaire minimum; tendance; análisis del mercado de mano de obra; desempleo; determinación del salario; empleo precario; papel del sindicato; salario mínimo; tendencia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2016
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