GERMAN TRADE-UNIONS AFTER UNIFICATION - 3RD DEGREE WAGE DISCRIMINATING MONOPOLISTS

被引:6
作者
BURDA, M
FUNKE, M
机构
[1] INSEAD,F-77305 FONTAINEBLEAU,FRANCE
[2] FREE UNIV BERLIN,INST WIRTSCHAFTSTHEORIE WE2,FB10 WIRTSCHAFTSWISSENSCH,D-14195 BERLIN,GERMANY
[3] LONDON BUSINESS SCH,CTR ECON FORECASTING,LONDON NW1 4SA,ENGLAND
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WELTWIRTSCHAFTLICHES ARCHIV-REVIEW OF WORLD ECONOMICS | 1993年 / 129卷 / 03期
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10.1007/BF02708001
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F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
After unification, real wages in eastern Germany rose rapidly relative to labor productivity and despite high and rising levels of unemployment. This substantial and rapid increase in wages relative to western Germany is difficult to explain without recourse to models of union behavior and collective bargaining. This paper applies and extends such models and evaluates plausible explanations for recent wage developments in the ex-GDR.
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页码:537 / 560
页数:24
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