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dc.contributor.authorBrändle, Tobiasen
dc.contributor.authorHeinbach, Wolf Dieteren
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-08-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-10T14:04:41Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-10T14:04:41Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/56785-
dc.description.abstractCollective bargaining agreements have been said to decrease deployment since the work of Calmfors and Driffill (1988). We investigate empirically whether opening clauses, flexible elements that have been introduced to reduce the decline in coverage, can indeed minimise this effect and increase job growth in covered firms. Using representative data on German establishments, the IAB Establishment Panel, in combination with data on opening clauses from the IAW, and performing propensity score matching to control for selectivity bias, we find that the existence of opening clauses has significantly negative effects on job destruction rates and that it increases job growth by approximately 0.73% per year. However, it does not seem the case that firms with explicit knowledge of opening clauses anticipate their increased flexibility, since they do not have higher job creation rates. As regards the actual application of opening clauses, our results do not show additional effects.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) |cTübingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIAW Diskussionspapiere |x67en
dc.subject.jelJ51en
dc.subject.jelJ63en
dc.subject.jelC21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCollective bargainingen
dc.subject.keywordopening clausesen
dc.subject.keywordjob flowsen
dc.subject.keywordpropensity score matchingen
dc.subject.stwTarifpolitiken
dc.subject.stwDeregulierungen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktflexibilitäten
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwBeschäftigungseffekten
dc.subject.stwArbeitsplatzsicherungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleOpening clauses in collective bargaining agreements: More flexibility to save jobs?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn641308140en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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