TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kohn, Karsten
AU  - Lembcke, Alexander C.
        TI  - Wage Distributions by Bargaining Regime: Linked Employer-Employee Data Evidence from Germany
        PY  - 2007/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2849
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2849
        AB  - Using linked employer-employee data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey 2001, this paper provides a comprehensive picture of the wage structure in three wage-setting regimes prevalent in the German system of industrial relations. We analyze wage distributions for various labor market subgroups by means of kernel density estimation, variance decompositions, and individual and firm-level wage regressions. Unions' impact through collective and firm-level bargaining mainly works towards a higher wage level and reduced overall and residual wage dispersion. Yet observed effects are considerably heterogeneous across different labor market groups. There is no clear evidence for wage floors formed by collectively bargained low wage brackets which would operate as minimum wages for different groups of workers.
        KW  - wage equations
KW  - collective wage bargaining
KW  - wage structure
KW  - kernel density estimation
KW  - variance decomposition
KW  - German Structure of Earnings Survey
        ER  -