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Policy and research @UNI_Europa, guest professor @ugent, @denktankminerva. Industrial relations, trade unions, collective bargaining
Aug 22, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
🇩🇪 New paper by @simon_jaeger @shakked_noy and @Schoefer_B for @nberpubs

The German Model of Industrial Relations: Balancing Flexibility and Collective Action

nber.org/papers/w30377

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German model is a gem as it
(i) outsources distributional conflict to the sectoral level (<-> the firm level)
(ii) decouples bargaining coverage from workers' unionization status (hence less union busting)
(iii) institutionalizes worker-management cooperation

However...

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