Wage Cyclicality Under Different Regimes of Industrial Relations

We analyze the effect of collective wage agreements and of works councils on the cyclicality of real wages. Using employer–employee data for western Germany (1995–2004), we find that wage adjustments to positive and negative shocks are generally not symmetric. Wage growth increases in all industrial...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic details
Volume:	52
Main Author:	Gartner, Hermann Schank, Thorsten Schnabel, Claus
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade
Place of publication:	HOBOKEN WILEY 01.04.2013 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
published in:	Industrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 516 - 540
ORCID:	0000-0003-1582-3547 0000-0001-5979-8879
Data of publication:	April 2013
ISSN:	0019-8676 1468-232X
EISSN:	1468-232X
Discipline:	Economics Law
Bibliography:	We thank three anonymous referees of this journal and Thomas Beißinger, Hans Ludsteck and participants of the 2010 Annual Congress of the in Kiel as well as participants of workshops at the LMDG center of Aarhus University, at the University of Hohenheim and at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy for their helpful comments. Verein für Socialpolitik
Subjects:	Business & Economics Social Sciences Industrial Relations & Labor Labor relations Models Research Business cycles Wages HETEROGENEITY DYNAMICS EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE MATCHES GERMANY WORKS COUNCILS IMPLICIT CONTRACTS
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2013 Web of Science CrossRef Gale General OneFile (A&I only) Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS