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Is the Erosion Thesis Overblown? Alignment from Without in Germany (2016)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Teixeira, P., Evers, K., & Bellmann, L. (2016). Is the Erosion Thesis Overblown? Alignment from Without in Germany. Industrial Relations, 55(3), 415-443. https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12144

It is sometimes alleged that collective bargaining coverage in Germany is understated because uncovered firms “orient” themselves toward sectoral agreements. In fact, although orientation has grown as sectoral bargaining has declined, their joint fre... Read More about Is the Erosion Thesis Overblown? Alignment from Without in Germany.

On the Robustness of Minimum Wage Effects: Geographically-Disparate Trends and Job Growth Equations (2015)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Blackburn, M., & Cotti, C. (2015). On the Robustness of Minimum Wage Effects: Geographically-Disparate Trends and Job Growth Equations. IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 4, Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40172-015-0039-z

Recent attempts to incorporate spatial heterogeneity in minimum-wage employment models have been targeted for using overly simplistic trend controls and for neglecting the potential impact of wage minima on employment growth. This paper investigates... Read More about On the Robustness of Minimum Wage Effects: Geographically-Disparate Trends and Job Growth Equations.

Declining Unions and the Coverage Wage Gap: Can German Unions Still Cut It? (2015)
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Addison, J., Teixeira, P., Stephani, J., & Bellmann, L. (2015). Declining Unions and the Coverage Wage Gap: Can German Unions Still Cut It?. Journal of Labor Research, 36(3), 301-317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-015-9209-9

That German trade unionism is in profound decline seems to be beyond dispute. More controversial is the implied change in union impact on worker wages. A linked employer-employee dataset is deployed over an interval of continuing decline in unionism... Read More about Declining Unions and the Coverage Wage Gap: Can German Unions Still Cut It?.

The demise of a model? The state of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany (2014)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Teixiera, P., Pahnke, A., & Bellman, L. (2017). The demise of a model? The state of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 38(2), 193-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x14559784

This article investigates collective bargaining trends in the German private sector since 2000. Using data from the IAB Establishment Panel and the German Establishment History Panel, it provides both cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence on thes... Read More about The demise of a model? The state of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany.

Labour Demand Research: Towards a Better Match between Better Theory and Better Data (2014)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Portugal, P., & Varejão, J. (2014). Labour Demand Research: Towards a Better Match between Better Theory and Better Data. Labour Economics, 30, 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2014.06.002

At first blush, most advances in labour demand were achieved by the late 1980s. Since then progress might appear to have stalled. We argue to the contrary that significant progress has been made in understanding labour market frictions and imperfecti... Read More about Labour Demand Research: Towards a Better Match between Better Theory and Better Data.

The Role of Gender and Sector in Promotion and Pay Over a Career (2014)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Ozturk, O., & Wang, S. (2014). The Role of Gender and Sector in Promotion and Pay Over a Career. Journal of Human Capital, 8(3), 280-317. https://doi.org/10.1086/677942

Using data from the NLSY79, this paper considers the role of gender in promotion and promotion-related earnings development over the course of a career. The raw data suggest reasonably favorable promotion outcomes for females over a career, but any s... Read More about The Role of Gender and Sector in Promotion and Pay Over a Career.

The consequences of trade union power erosion (2014)
Journal Article
Addison, J. (2014). The consequences of trade union power erosion. IZA world of labor, 2014, Article 68. https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.68

The micro- and macroeconomic effects of the declining power of trade unions have been hotly debated by economists and policymakers. Nevertheless, the empirical evidence shows that the impact of the decline on economic aggregates and firm performance... Read More about The consequences of trade union power erosion.

The Role of Gender in Promotion and Pay over a Career (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper
Addison, J., Ozturk, O., & Wang, S. (2014). The Role of Gender in Promotion and Pay over a Career

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), this paper considers the role of gender in promotion and subsequent earnings development and how this evolves over a career. In its use of three career stages, the study builds on ea... Read More about The Role of Gender in Promotion and Pay over a Career.

Job promotion in midcareer: gender, recession, and “crowding” (2014)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Ozturk, O., & Wang, S. (2014). Job promotion in midcareer: gender, recession, and “crowding”. Monthly labor review, 2014, 1-24

Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 indicate that, between 1996 and 2010, women, on average, lost some of the promotion momentum they had achieved at the beginning of midcareer, although they outperformed men in this regard. For... Read More about Job promotion in midcareer: gender, recession, and “crowding”.

The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation: Transitions between States and their Determinants. A Comparative Analysis of Great Britain and Germany. (2013)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Teixeria, P., Bryson, A., Pahnke, A., & Bellmann, L. (2013). The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation: Transitions between States and their Determinants. A Comparative Analysis of Great Britain and Germany. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 60(2), 182-209. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12007

Indicative and Updated Estimates of the Collective Bargaining Premium in Germany (2013)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Teixeira, P., Evers, K., & Bellmann, L. (2014). Indicative and Updated Estimates of the Collective Bargaining Premium in Germany. Industrial Relations, 53(1), 125-156. https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12049

This study provides updated evidence on the union contract differential in Germany using establishment-wide wage data and two estimation strategies. It provides pairwise estimates of the union differential based on separate samples of collective barg... Read More about Indicative and Updated Estimates of the Collective Bargaining Premium in Germany.

Atypical Jobs: Stepping Stones or Dead Ends? Evidence from the NLSY79 (2013)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Cotti, C., & Surfield, C. (2015). Atypical Jobs: Stepping Stones or Dead Ends? Evidence from the NLSY79. Manchester School, 83(1), 17-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12052

Atypical work arrangements have long been criticized as offering more precarious and lower paid work than regular open-ended employment. An important British paper by Booth et al. (Economic Journal, Vol. 112 (2002), No. 480, pp. F189–F213) was among... Read More about Atypical Jobs: Stepping Stones or Dead Ends? Evidence from the NLSY79.

The Reservation Wage Unemployment Duration Nexus (2013)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Machado, J., & Portugal, P. (2013). The Reservation Wage Unemployment Duration Nexus. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 75(6), 980-987. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2012.00717.x

A thorny problem in identifying the determinants of reservation wages and particularly the role of continued joblessness in their evolution is the simultaneity issue. We deploy a control function approach to the problem that involves conditioning ela... Read More about The Reservation Wage Unemployment Duration Nexus.

Collective Agreement Status and Survivability: Change and Persistence in the German Model (2013)
Journal Article
Addison, J., Teixeira, P., Bryson, A., & Pahnke, A. (2013). Collective Agreement Status and Survivability: Change and Persistence in the German Model. LABOUR, 27(3), 288-309. https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12012

This paper assesses the decline in collective bargaining coverage in Germany. Using repeat cross-section and longitudinal data from the IAB Establishment Panel, it indicates the overwhelming importance of behavioural as opposed to compositional chang... Read More about Collective Agreement Status and Survivability: Change and Persistence in the German Model.

Union decline and the coverage wage gap in Germany (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Addison, J., Teixeira, P., Stephani, J., & Bellmann, L. (2013). Union decline and the coverage wage gap in Germany

Using linked employer-employee data, this paper estimates the effect of collective bargaining coverage on wages over an interval of continuing decline in unionism. Unobserved firm and worker heterogeneity is dealt with using two establishment sub-sam... Read More about Union decline and the coverage wage gap in Germany.