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

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.

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

Pay Developments in Britain and Germany: Collective Bargaining, ‘Benchmarking’, and ‘Mimetic Wages’ | Urheber*in: Schmidt, Werner; Dworschak, Bernd

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Extent
Seite(n): 89-109
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Bibliographic citation
European Journal of Industrial Relations, 12(1)

Subject
industrial relations; pay determination; pay developments; collective bargaining; cross-country comparison; United Kingdom; Germany;

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Schmidt, Werner
Dworschak, Bernd
Event
Veröffentlichung
(when)
2006

DOI
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-222665
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  • Zeitschriftenartikel

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  • Schmidt, Werner
  • Dworschak, Bernd

Time of origin

  • 2006

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