How collective contracts and works councils reduce the gender wage gap

The gender wage gap in Germany is smaller in firms covered by collective contracts or having a works council, partly because these institutions are associated with lower unobserved productivity differences and less wage discrimination, partly because they compress the distribution of wage residuals.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Gartner, Hermann ; Stephan, Gesine
Publisher:	Nürnberg : Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)
Subject:	Lohnunterschied \| Männer \| Frauen \| geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren \| Tarifvertrag - Auswirkungen \| Betriebsrat - Auswirkungen \| Lohndifferenzierung \| Lohndiskriminierung \| IAB-Linked-Employer-Employee-Datensatz

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Series:	IAB-Discussion Paper ; 7/2004
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	487421639 [GVK] hdl:10419/31926 [Handle] RePEc:iab:iabdpa:200407 [RePEc]
Classification:	J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives Structure, and Effects ; J71 - Discrimination
Source:	EconStor

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