2006, we document a sharp drop in collective bargaining coverage that amounts to 17 percentage points for males and 20 … explanation for the drop in collective bargaining coverage. The drop in coverage is the result of an unexplained time trend. …

We argue that in labor markets with central wage bargaining wage flexibility varies systematically across the wage … negotiated under central wage bargaining affects the lower part of the wage distribution. Using a random sample of German social …

In order to reduce unemployment, it is often recommended that industry-level wage bargaining in Germany should be … replaced by a more decentralized system. This paper provides a critical assessment of the current wage bargaining institutions … into the comparison, the unformly superior employment performance of a decentralized wage bargaining system is questioned …

This paper examines critically the system of industry-level wage bargaining in Germany. More specifically, it shows … that the importance of industry-level wage bargaining declines in Germany and that one major reason for this development is … the highly restrictive institutional framework. However, fully decentralized wage bargaining at the firm level also …

This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of … by real wage losses below the median. Coverage by collective wage bargaining plummets by 16.5 (19.1) percentage points … shows that all workplace related effects (firm effects and bargaining effects) and coefficients for personal characteristics …

This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of … by real wage losses below the median. Coverage by collective wage bargaining plummets by 16.5 (19.1) percentage points … shows that all workplace related effects (firm effects and bargaining effects) and coefficients for personal characteristics …