Change and Persistence in the German Model of Collective Bargaining and Worker Representation

John Addison, Alex Bryson, André Pahnke and Paulino Teixeira

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: This paper depicts and examines the decline in collective bargaining coverage in Germany. Using repeat cross-section and longitudinal data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show the overwhelming importance of behavioral as opposed to compositional change and, for the first time, document workplace transitions into and out of collective agreeements via survival analysis. We provide estimates of the median duration of coverage, and report that the factors generating entry and exit are distinct and symmetric.

Keywords: Sectoral and firm agreements; changes in collective bargaining/works council coverage; shift-share analysis; bargaining transitions; survivability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J50 J53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-11
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Working Paper: Change and persistence in the German model of collective bargaining and worker representation (2011)
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