What can we learn from bargaining models about union power? The decline in union power in Germany, 1992-2009
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T1 - What can we learn from bargaining models about union power?
T2 - The decline in union power in Germany, 1992-2009
AU - Hirsch, Boris
AU - Schnabel, Claus
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Building on the right-to-manage model of collective bargaining, this paper tries to infer union power from the observed results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength taking account of taxation, unemployment benefits, and the labour market situation and confronts this indicator with annual data for Germany. The results show that union power did not change much from 1992 to 2002 but fell markedly (by about one-third) from 2002 to 2007 in the aftermath of substantial labour market reforms.
AB - Building on the right-to-manage model of collective bargaining, this paper tries to infer union power from the observed results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength taking account of taxation, unemployment benefits, and the labour market situation and confronts this indicator with annual data for Germany. The results show that union power did not change much from 1992 to 2002 but fell markedly (by about one-third) from 2002 to 2007 in the aftermath of substantial labour market reforms.
KW - Economics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84898543829&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/manc.12028
DO - 10.1111/manc.12028
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84898543829
VL - 82
SP - 347
EP - 362
JO - The Manchester School
JF - The Manchester School
SN - 1463-6786
IS - 3
ER -