Comparing survey data with an official administrative population: assessing sample-selectivity in the IAB Establishment Panel

Bossler, Mario; Geis, Gregor; Stegmaier, Jens

doi:10.1007/s11135-017-0495-6

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“…Since 1996 the number of plants interviewed in each year has almost doubled and from 2001 onwards it amounts to roughly 16,000. Bossler et al (2017) provide evidence that the interviewed plants are representative of the underlying population.…”

Section: Institutional Background and Datamentioning

confidence: 95%

The German Model of Industrial Relations: (Where) Does It Still Exist?

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2018

Jahrbücher Für Nationalökonomie Und Statistik

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Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel, this paper charts changes in the two main pillars of the German IR model over the last 20 years. It shows that collective bargaining coverage and worker representation via works councils have substantially fallen outside the public sector. Less formalized and weaker institutions such as voluntary orientation of uncovered firms towards sectoral agreements and alternative forms of employee representation at the work-place have partly attenuated the overall erosion in coverage. Multivariate analyses indicate that the traditional German IR model (with both collective agreements and works councils) is more likely found in larger and older plants, and it is less likely in plants managed by the owner, in single and foreign-owned plants, in individually-owned firms or partnerships, and in exporting plants. In contrast, more than 60 % of German plants did not exhibit bargaining coverage or orientation or any kind of worker representation in 2015. Such an absence of the main institutional features of the German IR model is mainly found in small and medium-sized plants, in particular in the service sector and in eastern Germany, and its extent is increasing dramatically.

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Section: Institutional Background and Datamentioning

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The German Model of Industrial Relations: (Where) Does It Still Exist?

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2018

Jahrbücher Für Nationalökonomie Und Statistik

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“…The interviews are conducted face-to-face by professional interviewers, ensuring a high data quality and a yearly continuation response rate of 83%. In a comprehensive comparison of plants participating in the survey with the full administrative population, Bossler, Geis, and Stegmaier (2018) demonstrated that the survey sample was not selective in observable characteristics. More comprehensive data descriptions of the IAB Establishment Panel can be found in Fischer, Janik, Müller, and Schmucker (2009) and Ellguth, Kohaut, and Möller (2014).…”

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Employment Effects of the New German Minimum Wage: Evidence from Establishment-Level Microdata

Bossler¹,

Gerner

2019

ILR Review

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The authors present the first evidence on the consequences of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany, which was implemented on January 1, 2015. Using the IAB Establishment Panel, they identify employment effects from variation in the extent that establishments are affected by the minimum wage. A difference-in-differences estimation reveals an increase in average wages between 3.8% and 6.3% and an employment loss by approximately 1.7% in establishments affected by the minimum wage. These estimates imply a labor demand elasticity with respect to wages ranging between −0.2 and −0.4. The authors also observe a transitory reduction of the working hours in the first year after the introduction and that the employment effect seems mostly driven by a reduction in hires rather than by an increase in layoffs.

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“…(). Moreover, a comparison of the IAB Establishment Panel with the full administrative population of plants shows that participation in the survey is random in observable characteristics (Bossler, Geis, and Stegmaier ).…”

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“… Assuming no compositional changes in the IAB Establishment Panel, the absence of a compositional effect induced by closures directly implies that compositional changes must be explained by market entry. Given our own work with the data, the published selectivity analyses (Bossler, Geis, and Stegmaier ) and the fairly constant panel continuation response rates over time, I am not aware of any indication that the assumption of a stable sample composition could be violated. …”

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The Rise in Orientation at Collective Bargaining Without a Formal Contract

Bossler

2018

Industrial Relations

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While firm participation in collective bargaining between unions and employers’ associations has been decreasing in Germany over the last two decades, orientation at collectively bargained wages has increased in popularity. Orientation implies that employers claim to set wages according to collective agreements but they are not formally bound by the respective bargaining contract, and in fact, I observe that they pay significantly lower wages than firms that are formally covered. Dynamic nonlinear panel estimation applied to establishment‐level data shows that this orientation is a stepping stone into formal participation. However, the decline in formal participation and the opposing rise in orientation are mostly due to a changing establishment composition rather than to behavioral transitions.

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Comparing survey data with an official administrative population: assessing sample-selectivity in the IAB Establishment Panel

Cited by 17 publications

References 21 publications

The German Model of Industrial Relations: (Where) Does It Still Exist?

The German Model of Industrial Relations: (Where) Does It Still Exist?

Employment Effects of the New German Minimum Wage: Evidence from Establishment-Level Microdata

The Rise in Orientation at Collective Bargaining Without a Formal Contract

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