How collective contracts and works councils reduce the gender wage gap

Abstract

"The gender wage gap in Germany is smaller in firms covered by collective contracts or having a works council, partly because these institutions are associated with lower unobserved productivity differences and less wage discrimination, partly because they compress the distribution of wage residuals." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Gartner, H. & Stephan, G. (2004): How collective contracts and works councils reduce the gender wage gap. (IAB-Discussion Paper 07/2004), Nürnberg, 13 p.