Firm Wage Premia, Industrial Relations, and Rent Sharing in Germany

Boris Hirsch and Steffen Mueller

ILR Review, 2020, vol. 73, issue 5, 1119-1146

Abstract: The authors use three distinct methods to investigate the influence of industrial relations on firm wage premia in Germany. First, ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions for the firm effects from a two-way fixed-effects decomposition of workers’ wages reveal that average premia are larger in firms bound by collective agreements and in firms with a works council, holding constant firm performance. Next, recentered influence function (RIF) regressions show that premia are less dispersed among covered firms but more dispersed among firms with a works council. Finally, in an Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition, the authors find that decreasing bargaining coverage is the only factor they consider that contributes to the marked rise in premia dispersion over time.

Keywords: firm wage premium; industrial relations; trade unions; works councils; bargaining power; rent sharing; wage inequality; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Working Paper: Firm wage premia, industrial relations, and rent sharing in Germany (2018)
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DOI: 10.1177/0019793920917105

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