%0 Report
        %A Kauhanen, Antti
%A Maczulskij, Terhi
%A Riukula, Krista
        %T Heterogeneous Impacts of the Decentralization of Collective Bargaining
        %D 2020
        %8 2020 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 13867
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp13867
        %X 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.
        %K wage dispersion
%K decentralization
%K collective agreements
%K wage bargaining
%K wage increase