TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Jirjahn, Uwe
        TI  - Membership in Employers' Associations and Collective Bargaining Coverage in Germany
        PY  - 2021/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14783
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14783
        AB  - While there is a strong overlap between membership in employers' associations and collective bargaining coverage, the overlap is far from being perfect. Using unique firm-level data from Germany, this study estimates the determinants of the membership in employers' associations and the coverage by industry-level or firm-level agreements. The analysis particularly focuses on the various constellations of membership and collective bargaining status. The results show that firm-level worker representation, foreign ownership, work organization, firm size, age and East-West differences are important determinants. Altogether, the analysis demonstrates that a more differentiated picture of industrial relations can be obtained by considering both membership in employers' associations and collective bargaining coverage.
        KW  - works councils
KW  - employers’ associations
KW  - firm-level bargaining
KW  - industry-level bargaining
KW  - union density
KW  - foreign ownership
        ER  -