Collective bargaining coverage, works councils and the new German minimum wage
- verfasst von
- Lutz Bellmann, Mario Bossler, Hans Dieter Gerner, Olaf Hübler
- Abstract
This article assesses the role of the recent introduction of the minimum wage for collective bargaining coverage and works councils in Germany. The new minimum wage was initiated to strengthen German tariff autonomy, but effects on collective bargaining coverage are theoretically ambivalent. Using the IAB Establishment Panel, descriptive regressions show that firms covered by a collective bargaining contract are much less likely affected by the minimum wage. To construct a counterfactual for the group of affected establishments, the authors apply an entropy balancing procedure. Subsequent difference-in-differences estimates reveal a slight decline in collective bargaining participation, which falls short of statistical significance. Although the effect on opting into collective bargaining is even slightly positive, the authors observe a significant decrease in coverage through firms that exit collective agreements.
- Organisationseinheit(en)
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Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
- Externe Organisation(en)
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Labour and Socio-Economic Research Centre (LASER)
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm
IAB-Regional Berlin-Brandenburg
- Typ
- Artikel
- Journal
- Economic and industrial democracy
- Band
- 42
- Seiten
- 269-288
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 20
- ISSN
- 0143-831X
- Publikationsdatum
- 05.2021
- Publikationsstatus
- Veröffentlicht
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Allgemeine Unternehmensführung und Buchhaltung, Strategie und Management, Organisationslehre und Personalmanagement, Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement
- Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
- SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum, SDG 9 – Industrie, Innovation und Infrastruktur
- Elektronische Version(en)
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X18762304 (Zugang:
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https://doi.org/10.15488/11607 (Zugang: Offen)
