Rent-sharing under different bargaining regimes: Evidence from linked employer-employee data

In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wage rates determined directly by industry-level agreements. For some workers, industry agreements are supplemented by firm-specific agreements. Yet, the relative importance of individual company and industry agreements (in other words, the degree of centralisation) differs drastically across industries. The authors of this paper use unique linked employer-employee data from a 2003 survey in Belgium to examine how these bargaining features affect the extent of rent-sharing. Their results show that there is substantially more rent-s... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Rusinek, Michael
Rycx, François
Dokumenttyp: doc-type:workingPaper
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Verlag/Hrsg.: Brussels: National Bank of Belgium
Schlagwörter: ddc:330 / J31 / J51 / Rent-sharing / collective bargaining / propensity score matching / Tarifverhandlungen / Betriebsvereinbarung / Vergleich / Lohnbildung / Rententheorie / Belgien
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29312504
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/10419/144364