Pay developments in Britain and Germany : collective barganing, "benchmarking" and "mimetic wages" created by Werner Schmidt and Bernd Dworschak

By:

Schmidt, Werner [author]

Contributor(s):

Dworschak, Bernd [co-author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: European journal of industrial relations ; Volume 12, number 1London: sage, 2006Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISSN:

09596801

Subject(s):

Wage level -- Wage setting -- Collective bargaining -- United Kingdom

LOC classification:

HD8371 EUR

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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.

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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.

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