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Collective Agreement Status and Survivability: Change and Persistence in the G erman Model

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: This paper assesses the decline in collective bargaining coverage in Germany. Using repeat cross‐section and longitudinal data from the IAB Establishment Panel, it indicates the overwhelming importance of behavioural as opposed to compositional change in this process. Further, in the first use of survival analysis for the purpose, it also charts workplace transitions into and out of collective bargaining. In addition to providing new estimates of the median duration of coverage, the paper reports on the factors generating entry into and exit from collective bargaining. These influences are found to be distinct but symmetric.

Source: Labour

DOI: 10.1111/labr.12012

Authors: John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Alex Bryson, André Pahnke

Institutions: University of South Carolina, University of Coimbra, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung

Language: English

Topic: Labor Movements and Unions

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

Funders: Emory University, University of South Carolina, Economic and Social Research Council