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Is the Erosion Thesis Overblown? Alignment from Without in Germany
Author(s) -
Addison John T.,
Teixeira Paulino,
Evers Katalin,
Bellmann Lutz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/irel.12144
Subject(s) - collective bargaining , compensation (psychology) , orientation (vector space) , economics , joint (building) , labour economics , psychology , geometry , architectural engineering , mathematics , engineering , psychoanalysis
It is sometimes alleged that collective bargaining coverage in Germany is understated because uncovered firms “orient” themselves toward sectoral agreements. In fact, although orientation has grown as sectoral bargaining has declined, their joint frequency has fallen. Further, where orientation occurs at firms that leave a sectoral agreement, it provides only partial compensation. The small deficits involved, in conjunction with some indirect evidence on joiners, suggest some modest attenuation of the undoubted decline in collective bargaining.