Brändle, Tobias; Goerke, Laszlo - Institut für Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitsbeziehungen in … - 2015
bargaining reduces employment growth by two to four percentage points per year. Evidence is, however, mostly related to Anglo … coverage on employment growth in German plants. We find a robust and negative correlation between being covered by a sector …-wide bargaining agreement or firmlevel contract and employment growth per annum of about 0.8 percentage points. Using various …