Dieses Buch bietet die für den deutschsprachigen Raum wohl umfassendste Darstellung des Arbeitsmarktgeschehens. Ein besonderes Gewicht liegt auf der engen Verzahnung von theoretischen mit empirischen Analysen unter Berücksichtigung des institutionellen Regelwerkes auf dem Arbeitsmarkt und...

In order to reduce unemployment, it is often recommended that industry-levelwage bargaining in Germany should be replaced by a more decentralized system.This paper provides a critical assessment of the current wage bargaininginstitutions and reexamines the case for a more decentralized system....

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 and reexamines the case for a more decentralized...

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,...