Change and Persistence in the German Model of Collective Bargaining and Worker Representation
This paper depicts and examines the decline in collective bargaining coverage in Germany. Using repeat cross-section and longitudinal data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we show the overwhelming importance of behavioral as opposed to compositional change and, for the first time, document workplace transitions into and out of collective agreeements via survival analysis. We provide estimates of the median duration of coverage, and report that the factors generating entry and exit are distinct and symmetric.
John T. Addison, Alex Bryson, André Pahnke and Paulino Teixeira
24 November 2011 Paper Number CEPDP1099
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This CEP discussion paper is published under the centre's Labour markets programme.