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The Erosion of the German System of Industrial Relations

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  8. Nicole Gürtzgen, 2006. "The Effect of Firm- ans Industry-Level Contracts on Wages: Evidence from Longitudinal Linked Employer-Employee Data," ZEW Discussion Papers 06-082, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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  22. John T. Addison & Alex Bryson & Paulino Teixeira & André Pahnke & Lutz Bellmann, 2013. "The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation: Transitions between States and their Determinants. A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Great Britain," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 60(2), pages 182-209, May.
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  27. Addison, John T. & Teixeira, Paulino & Bryson, Alex & Pahnke, André, 2011. "The Structure of Collective Bargaining and Worker Representation: Change and Persistence in the German Model," IZA Discussion Papers 5987, IZA Network @ LISER.
  28. Nicole Gürtzgen, 2016. "Estimating the Wage Premium of Collective Wage Contracts: Evidence from Longitudinal Linked Employer–Employee Data," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(2), pages 294-322, April.
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  31. John Addison & Paulino Teixeira & Katalin Evers & Lutz Bellmann, 2012. "Is the Erosion Thesis Overblown? Evidence from the Orientation of Uncovered Employers," GEMF Working Papers 2012-07, GEMF, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra.
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  36. Marius R. Busemeyer, 2012. "Business as a Pivotal Actor in the Politics of Training Reform: Insights from the Case of Germany," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 50(4), pages 690-713, December.
  37. Scholz, Robert, 2017. "German Model or German Models? The spatial distribution of capital and labour in the corporate governance of stock listed companies," Discussion Papers, Research Group Globalization, Work, and Production SP III 2017-301, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
  38. Shabneez Bhankaraully, 2019. "Contested firm governance, institutions and the undertaking of corporate restructuring practices in Germany," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 40(3), pages 511-536, August.
  39. Christian Pfeifer, 2014. "Works councils and the management of human resources: Evidence from German establishment data," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 35(1), pages 143-163, February.
  40. Simon Jäger & Shakked Noy & Benjamin Schoefer, 2022. "The German Model of Industrial Relations: Balancing Flexibility and Collective Action," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 36(4), pages 53-80, Fall.
  41. Laurie Laybourn-Langton & Laurie Macfarlane & Michael Jacobs, 2019. "The Times They Are A-Changing? Exploring the potential shift away from the neoliberal political-economic paradigm," Working Papers 2, Forum New Economy, revised Jun 2020.
  42. Schnabel, Claus, 2025. "Unions and employers' associations in Germany: a survey of their membership, density and bargaining coverage," Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 59, pages 1-007.
  43. Gürtzgen, Nicole, 2005. "Rent-sharing : Does the Bargaining Regime Make a Difference? Theory and Empirical Evidence," ZEW Discussion Papers 05-15, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
  44. Streeck, Wolfgang, 2003. "From state weakness as strength to state weakness as weakness: Welfare corporatism and the private use of the public interest," MPIfG Working Paper 03/2, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
  45. Alexander Lammers & Marek Giebel, 2024. "Navigating uncertainty: Employee participation dynamics in times of crisis," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 38(2), pages 230-255, June.
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