Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/243141 
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Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 954
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Employers’ associations
industry-level bargaining
firm-level bargaining
foreign ownership
works councils
union density
JEL: 
F23
F66
J51
J52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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