Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/158736 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Citation: 
[Journal:] Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research [ISSN:] 2510-5027 [Volume:] 44 [Issue:] 1/2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2011 [Pages:] 15-27
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract (Translated): 
This article aims at describing and discussing the development of wage inequality in Germany in relation to the decline in collective wage bargaining, as this could be the institutional cause for the development since the 1990s. At the same time, the polarization hypothesis is discussed. Wage inequality has been strongly increasing over the entire wage distribution since the 1990s. The rise in wage dispersion between 2001 and 2006 can barely be explained by the strong decline in collective bargaining coverage. Instead, changing wage differentials across and within industries are the main explanation for the rise in wage inequality. This increasing wage flexibility is observed both among industries covered by collective bargaining and among those not covered. Polarization in employment in Germany can be explained by the decline in routine tasks. In contrast, there is no evidence of a polarization of wages in Germany since the 1990s.
Subjects: 
Lohnunterschied - Entwicklung
Lohnentwicklung
Tarifbindung - Entwicklung
Lohnflexibilität
Einkommenseffekte
Lohnstruktur
technischer Wandel
Arbeitskräftenachfrage
Qualifikationsstruktur
sektorale Verteilung
Wirtschaftszweige
Westdeutschland
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
JEL: 
J31
J51
J52
C21
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Document Type: 
Article

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