On the determinants of bargaining‐free membership in German Employers' Associations

Jirjahn, Uwe

doi:10.1111/irj.12385

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“…Against this background, a series of studies have examined the determinants of collective bargaining coverage of firms (see Jirjahn, 2016 and Schnabel, 2020 for surveys). However, solely focusing on the collective bargaining coverage of firms may only partially reveal the pattern of changes in industrial relations.…”

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Membership in employers’ associations and collective bargaining coverage in Germany

Jirjahn

2022

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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While there is a strong overlap between membership in employers’ associations and collective bargaining coverage, the overlap is far from being perfect. Using unique firm-level data from Germany, this study estimates the determinants of the membership in employers’ associations and the coverage by industry-level or firm-level agreements. The analysis particularly focuses on the various constellations of membership and collective bargaining status. The results show that firm-level worker representation, foreign ownership, work organization, firm size, age and East–West differences are important determinants. Altogether, the analysis demonstrates that a more differentiated picture of industrial relations can be obtained by considering both membership in employers’ associations and collective bargaining coverage.

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