The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation: transitions between states and their determinants * a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain

Addison JT, Bryson A, Teixeira P, Pahnke A, Bellmann L (2013)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Scottish Journal of Political Economy Wiley-Blackwell

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Book Volume: 60

Pages Range: 182-209

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1111/sjpe.12007

Abstract

The institutions of collective bargaining and worker representation are eroding in many nations, not least in Germany and Britain. This is the first article to explore transitions into and out of these arrangements. Using successive waves of the German IAB Establishment Panel and both cross-sectional and panel components of the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey for the period 1998-2004, we find industrial relations are in flux, with many workplaces switching into and out of collective bargaining and other agencies of worker representation, respectively, works councils in Germany and joint consultative committees in Britain. Yet although there are some commonalities in behaviour, the driving forces behind the decline in collective bargaining differ markedly in the two countries. © 2013 Scottish Economic Society.

Authors with CRIS profile

Lutz Bellmann Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Arbeitsökonomie (Stiftungslehrstuhl)

Involved external institutions

University of South Carolina US United States (USA) (US) Universidade de Coimbra PT Portugal (PT)

How to cite

APA:

Addison, J.T., Bryson, A., Teixeira, P., Pahnke, A., & Bellmann, L. (2013). The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation: transitions between states and their determinants * a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 60(2), 182-209. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12007

MLA:

Addison, John T., et al. "The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation: transitions between states and their determinants * a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain." Scottish Journal of Political Economy 60.2 (2013): 182-209.

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