Efficient Bargaining and the Skill-Structure of Wages and Employment

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Efficient Bargaining and the Skill-Structure of Wages and Employment

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Ulrich Kaiser () (Center for European Economic Research)
Winfried Pohlmeier () (Center of Finance and Econometrics)

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This paper presents structural estimates for a bargaining model which nests the right-to-manage, the efficient wage bargaining, the seniority and the standard neo- classical labor demand model as special cases. In contrast to most existing models, our approach accounts for heterogeneous skill groups which differ in terms of productivity and representation in the bargaining process through union preferences. The paper in- troduces the concept of `virtual' firms which allows us to (i) test the eÆcient contract model against models implying that firms operate on the labor demand curve and to (i) overcome a potential misspecification of firms' output markets. Estimates of structural parameters are obtained from a novel cross{section of German firms of the business related service sector which includes information on skill-specific wage rates at the firm level. Central results of this paper are that unions do care about both wages and employment in the bargaining process and that firms operate on the contract curve. The bargaining power of unions in East Germany turns out to be much weaker than in West Germany.

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Paper provided by Center of Finance and Econometrics, University of Konstanz in its series CoFE Discussion Paper with number 00-24.

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Date of creation: Aug 2000
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L8 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services
C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions
C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models
G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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