Schettkat, Ronald - In: Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 36 (2003) 4, pp. 634-648
"Collectively bargained wage contracts - in Germany discussed under the heading ‘Flaechentarifvertraege’ - are often asserted to compress the wage structure, to systematically bias wages and therefore to destroy employment opportunities. Accordingly they are accused of being inefficient...