Pay Developments in Britain and Germany: Collective Bargaining, ‘Benchmarking’, and ‘Mimetic Wages’

Abstract: This article examines the impact of national industrial relations institutions on pay movements in Britain and Germany between 1980 and 2000. Pay increases are slightly higher in Britain, despite the breakdown of multi-employer bargaining and agreements in the UK and their persistence in Germany. Evidence shows that pay decisions in Britain are mainly determined by imitation and not by markets. The article suggests that a system of ‘pay benchmarking’ in Britain acts as a substitute for the German ‘sectoral agreement model’ and explains similarities in pay movements

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: European Journal of Industrial Relations ; 12 (2006) 1 ; 89-109

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2006
Creator
Schmidt, Werner
Dworschak, Bernd

DOI
10.1177/0959680106061370
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-222665
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Schmidt, Werner
  • Dworschak, Bernd

Time of origin

  • 2006

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