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Statistics on collectively agreed pay Basic facts and figures for Germany Reinhard Bispinck

Statistics on collectively agreed pay Basic facts and figures for Germany Reinhard Bispinck. CAWIE Kick-off meeting Leuven, 23-24 January 2012. Collective bargaining system. Mainly sector-oriented collective agreements, often regionalized

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Statistics on collectively agreed pay Basic facts and figures for Germany Reinhard Bispinck

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  1. Statistics on collectively agreed payBasic facts and figures for GermanyReinhard Bispinck CAWIE Kick-off meeting Leuven, 23-24 January 2012

  2. Collective bargaining system • Mainly sector-oriented collective agreements, often regionalized • Metal, chemical, printing, construction, retail, banking, public sector etc • Some branches (only) with company agreements • Employers associations and trade unions as main actors • Declining bargaining coverage CAWIE Germany

  3. Declining Coverage Employees in % CAWIE Germany

  4. Collective bargaining coverage CAWIE Germany

  5. Statistical sources for collectively agreed pay • WSI Collective Agreement Archive • Federal Statistical Office • German Federal Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) CAWIE Germany

  6. Collective Agreement Archive • Publication: Bi-annual reports on collective bargaining with a statistical annex • Content: Statistical analysis on collectively agreed pay and working time • Data: All sector agreements for areas with more than 1,000 (West) or 500 (East) employees and selected company agreements (ca. 1,500 CA) • Source: Own archive • Online: Time series (partly) online available CAWIE Germany

  7. Collective Agreement Archive Agreedearnings • Annual increaseofcollectivelyagreedbasic pay • Calculation: Monthlyincomeincludingone-off payments • Employees: all, blueandwhitecollarworkers • Sectorcoverage: Total economy, 12 mainsectors, all collectiveagreementbranches • Region: Germany, West and East Germany • Time coverage: West: since 1984, East: since 1998 CAWIE Germany

  8. Collective Agreement Archive Working time • Unit: Weeklyandannual working time, durationofholidays • Sectorcoverage: Total economy, 12 mainsectors, collectiveagreementbranches • Employees: all, blueandwhitecollarworkers • Region: Germany, West and East Germany • Time coverage: West: since 1984, East: since 1998 CAWIE Germany

  9. Federal Statistical Office Agreedearningsandweekly working time • Data: 650 selectedcollectiveagreements • Source: Federal Ministryof Labour • Unit ofmeasure: % change on previousquarter, year • Index: based on the unchanged number and structure of employees of the base year • Sector: Differentiation according national classification of economic activities available • Region: Germany, West/East • Sex: men/women • Time coverage: since 1995 (online: since 2005) • Publicationfrequency: quarterly, annually (preliminary: monthly), time series online available CAWIE Germany

  10. German Federal Bank Agreedearnings • Data: Collective agreements • Source: Federal Ministryof Labour • Unit: agreedearning, holidayandchristmasbonus, one-off andunregularspecialpayments • Calculation: % change on monthlyandhourlybasis • Index: basic pay (subindices: including different additional payments) • Time coverage: since 1991 • Publication: monthly, time series online available • Sector: Whole economy, manufacturing (incl. construction) CAWIE Germany

  11. Comparison CAWIE Germany

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