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Arbeitgeberverbände – auf dem Weg in den Dualismus?

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Are employers’ associations still one of the main sources of stability for the German system of employment relations? Discussing both the processes of external and internal erosion, the article seeks to answers this question. “External erosion” hereby refers to issues of declining membership of employers’ associations. As the analysis reveals, membership decline manifests itself in the form of a gradual adjustment to changing company structures rather than as employers “fleeing” their associations. The term “internal erosion”, in addition, captures a development, whereby membership in employers’ associations is systematically separated from collective bargaining coverage. Somewhat opposing the popular hypothesis of a “dualization” of the German political economy the paper argues that a stabilization of a core is not necessarily pursued at the expense of the periphery. As the analysis reveals, it is mostly small and medium-sized companies from the “periphery” which seek to gain a competitive advantage by way of escaping from collective bargaining coverage.

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  • Behrens, Martin, 2013. "Arbeitgeberverbände – auf dem Weg in den Dualismus?," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 66(7), pages 473-481.
  • Handle: RePEc:nms:wsimit:10.5771/0342-300x-2013-7-473
    DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2013-7-473
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    1. Behringer, Jan & Gechert, Sebastian & Horn, Gustav A. & Rietzler, Katja & Stein, Ulrike & Tiefensee, Anita, 2017. "Schriftliche Stellungnahme zur öffentlichen Anhörung des Sozialausschusses des Landtags Mecklenburg-Vorpommern am 29. November 2017 zum Thema "Armut und Reichtum" (Ausschussdrucksache 7/225)," WSI Policy Briefs 18, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    2. Boris Hirsch & Steffen Mueller, 2020. "Firm Wage Premia, Industrial Relations, and Rent Sharing in Germany," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 73(5), pages 1119-1146, October.
    3. Roßmann, Witich, 2020. "Vom Flächen- zum Haustarifvertrag - Dynamiken der Tarifgeographie. Eine Fallstudie für die Metall- und Elektroindustrie der Region Köln [From area to company collective agreements ‒ dynamics of ," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 27(4), pages 501-524.
    4. Steffen Müller & Jens Stegmaier, 2020. "Why is there resistance to works councils in Germany? An economic perspective," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 41(3), pages 540-561, August.

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