@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp13867,
            	author={Kauhanen, Antti and Maczulskij, Terhi and Riukula, Krista},
            	title={Heterogeneous Impacts of the Decentralization of Collective Bargaining},
            	year={2020},
	month={Nov},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={13867},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp13867},
	abstract={This paper analyses the heterogeneous effects of the decentralization of collective bargaining on the incidence of wage increases and wage dispersion in Finland. We use linked employer-employee panel data for the 2005-2013 period, which includes major changes in bargaining systems and economic conditions. Our regression results from models with high-dimensional individual and firm fixed effects show that decentralized bargaining leads to very different outcomes for blue- and white-collar employees. 
Decentralized bargaining decreases wage dispersion among blue-collar employees and slightly increases it among white-collar employees. Decentralization also affects the incidence of wage increases differently for blue- and white-collar employees. We argue that these differences reflect the different preferences of the employee groups. We also show that the fallback option in local negotiations affects the decentralization outcomes.},
	keywords={wage dispersion;decentralization;collective agreements;wage bargaining;wage increase},
            }