Uncovered workers in plants covered by collective bargaining: Who are they and how do they fare?

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In Germany, employers used to pay union members and non-members in a plant the
same union wage in order to prevent workers from joining unions. Using recent administrative data, we investigate which workers in firms covered by collective bargaining agreements still individually benefit from these union agreements, which workers are not covered anymore, and what this means for their wages. We show that about 9 percent of workers in plants with collective agreements do not enjoy individual coverage (and thus the union wage) anymore.
Econometric analyses with unconditional quantile regressions and firm-fixed-effects
estimations demonstrate that not being individually covered by a collective agreement has serious wage implications for most workers. Low-wage non-union workers and those at low hierarchy levels particularly suffer since employers abstain from extending union wages to them in order to pay lower wages. This jeopardizes unions’ goal of protecting all disadvantaged workers.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLüneburg
PublisherInstitut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
Number of pages27
Publication statusPublished - 01.02.2022

    Research areas

  • Economics - collective bargaining, zbuib wage, uncovered workers, Germany

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