Deutschland , Tariflohn , Lohn , Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft , Schätzung
Keywords (English):
Union wage premium , collective bargaining coverage
Abstract:
Using a large-scale linked-employer-employee data set from western Germany,
this paper presents new evidence on the wage premium of collective
bargaining contracts. In contrast to previous studies, we seek to assess the
extent to which differences in wages between workers in covered and uncovered
firms arise from the non-random selection of workers and firms into collective
bargaining coverage. By measuring the relative wage changes of workers employed
in firms that change contract status, we obtain estimates that depart
considerably from previous results relying on cross-sectional data. Results
from analysing separate transitions show that leaving industry-level contracts
is associated with subsequent wage losses. However, the results from a trendadjusted
difference-in-difference approach indicate that the particularly the
transitions to no-coverage appear to be associated with negative shocks. Overall,
our findings provide no evidence of a ”true” wage effect of leaving wage
bargaining, once differences in pre-transition wage growth are accounted for.
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