Aspects of wage dynamics in Germany

Abstract

"Wage inequality in Germany has been rising significantly over the last decades. By now, about one fifth of all employees in Germany are working in the low-wage sector. At the same time, only a fraction of the low-wage workers manage to move up to better-paid jobs. Jens Stephani investigates various research questions concerning the upward wage mobility of low-wage workers which have not been analysed previously: How big are the chances of low-wage workers to stay in higher-paid employment for a longer term after moving up? Which establishments provide above-average wage increases for low-wage workers? How important are personality traits for the chances of low-wage workers moving up? In a separate chapter, Stephani analyses the extent to which the wage levels in establishments that are covered by collective bargaining agreements are still higher than the wage levels in uncovered establishments, despite the decline in unionism in Germany over the last decade." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Stephani, J. (2014): Aspects of wage dynamics in Germany. (IAB-Bibliothek 350), Bielefeld: Bertelsmann, 144 p. DOI:10.3278/300858w