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The emergence of wage coordination in the Central Western European metal sector and its relationship to European economic policy
Glassner, Vera; Pusch, Toralf - 2010
der Lohnkoordinierungs-Leitlinie des Metallgewerkschaftsbunds steht. -- Lohnkoordination ; Metallsektor ; EWU … Commission is weaker. -- wage coordination ; metal sector ; EMU ; European economic policy … für die europäischen Gewerkschaften an Bedeutung. Insbesondere der Metallsektor nimmt dabei eine Vorreiterrolle ein. In …
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The Emergence of Wage Coordination in the Central Western European Metal Sector and its Relationship to European Economic Policy
Glassner, Vera; Pusch, Toralf - Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) - 2010
In the European Monetary Union the transnational coordination of collective wage bargaining has acquired increased importance on the trade union agenda. The metal sector has been at the forefront of these developments. This paper addresses the issue of crossborder coordination of wage setting in...
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Hydrogen corporatism and working time reduction : union strategies in the transformation of German primary steel manufacturing
Schoppengerd, Stefan - 2024
Industrial trade unions in Europe and North America often struggle to develop a coherent strategy on climate change and overcoming fossil fuel production patterns. Trade union policy in the German steel industry is an interesting example of this: the "green" restructuring is firmly in favour, as...
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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001
This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...
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International Trade and Collective Bargaining Outcomes: Evidence from German Employer-Employee Data
Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Hauptmann, Andreas; Schmerer, … - 2012
In theoretical trade models with variable markups and collective wage bargaining, exportexposure may reduce the exporter wage premium. We test this prediction using linkedGerman employer-employee data from 1996 to 2007. To separate the rent-sharingmechanism from assortative matching, we exploit...
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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001
This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445640
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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage : The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2013
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place at either industry or firm level. Collective bargaining coverage is much higher than union density. The share of employees covered by collective bargaining in a single firm can vary between 0% and 100%. This institutional setup suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086370
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Collective bargaining systems and macroeconomic and microeconomic flexibility : the quest for appropriate institutional forms in advanced economies
Addison, John T. - 2015
This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of the needs of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408196
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Unions in a Frictional Labor Market
Rudanko, Leena - 2017
Revised May 2016. We analyze a labor market with search and matching frictions in which wage setting is controlled by a monopoly union. Frictions render existing matches a form of firm-specific capital that is subject to a hold-up problem in a unionized labor market. We study how this hold-up...
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Collective bargaining systems and macroeconomic and microeconomic flexibility : the quest for appropriate institutional forms in advanced economies
Addison, John T. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 19, pp. 1-53
This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, somewhat greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573234