Erosion of German industrial relations? Evidence from the metalworking, chemicals and construction sectors
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Title
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Erosion of German industrial relations? Evidence from the metalworking, chemicals and construction sectors
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:387da12fc60c:11594
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identifier
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12044
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Creator
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Hernandez, Billie Jo,
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Contributor
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John R. Bowman
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Date
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2012
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Political science | Economics | Labor economics | Industrial Relations
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Abstract
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Germany is once again the economic powerhouse of Europe and the Eurozone. The German Model of industrial relations with respect to collective bargaining and how firms set wages is called a coordinated market economy. Conventional wisdom holds however that Germany's coordinated market economy is eroding as a result of pressures to decentralize wage setting to firm level, because it is thought that by doing so, firms will be better suited to compete in the globalized economy. In other words, the German Model, specifically the way wages are set in manufacturing may be converging to a liberalized model like we have in the United States. Unlike most studies on German labor relations, this dissertation looks beyond the metalworking sector to include two other industries, chemicals and construction, in order to provide a more fine-grained analysis of the state and trajectory of German industrial relations. The main argument put forth in this dissertation is that decentralization varies across sectors; that decentralized bargaining is not eroding the German model; and that unions and employer associations, as social partners, remain committed to the collective contract.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Political Science
