Membership in Employers' Associations and Collective Bargaining Coverage in Germany

Uwe Jirjahn

No 954, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Abstract: 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 by industry-level or firm-level agreements. The analysis particularly focuses on the various constellations of membership and collective bargaining status. The results show that firm-level worker representation, foreign ownership, work organization, firm size, age and East-West differences are important determinants. Altogether, the analysis demonstrates that a more differentiated picture of industrial relations can be obtained by considering both membership in employers' associations and collective bargaining coverage.

Keywords: Employers’ associations; industry-level bargaining; firm-level bargaining; foreign ownership; works councils; union density (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 F66 J51 J52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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