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

John Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Alex Bryson and André Pahnke

No 5987, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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 agreements 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: bargaining transitions; sectoral and firm agreements; changes in collective bargaining/works council coverage; shift-share analysis; survivability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J50 J53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2011-09
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Published - revised version published as 'Collective Agreement Status and Survivability: Change and Persistence in the German Model' in: Labour, 2013, 27 (3), 288-309

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