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The Myth of Restrictive Working-Time Agreements: Firms' Working-Time Adjustment after Exit from Collective Bargaining

Vinzenz Pyka, André Rieder · 2026 · arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2610.12049 · cited by 0 works (OpenAlex) · open-access PDF

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독일의 고용주들은 집단협정이 노동시간에 대한 유연성을 제한한다고 주장한다. 2008년부터 2024년까지의 IAB Establishment Panel의 데이터를 사용하여, 우리는 집단 협상에서 벗어나자마자 노동시간 조정을 조사했다. 우리는 일주일간 노동시간의 약 0.3~0.6퍼센트 증가와 관련이 있다는 것을 발견했다. 고정효과 및 사건 연구 모델을 사용하여 일주일에 8~13분을 추가로 측정했다. 이 조정은 집단 협상 덮개를 벗어나자마자 발생한다. 우리는 토요일이나 일요일과 같은 다른 노동시간 조정 마진이 벗어나자마자 더 광범위하게 사용된다는 증거를 찾지 못했다.

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Abstract

Employers in Germany argue that collective agreements restrict their flexibility concerning working hours. Using data from the IAB Establishment Panel for the years 2008 to 2024, we investigate working-time adjustments after exit from collective bargaining. We find that exit is associated with only a modest increase in weekly working hours of around 0.3 to 0.6 per cent using fixed-effects and event-study models, corresponding to eight to thirteen additional minutes per week. This adjustment occurs shortly after leaving collective bargaining coverage. We further find no evidence that other margins of working-time adjustment, such as Saturday or Sunday work, are used more extensively after exit. In contrast to previous survey evidence, our findings call into question that working-hours constraints are one of the main drivers of exit from collective bargaining coverage.

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Topics: Collective bargaining, Economics, Flexibility (engineering), Labour economics, Collective action, Panel data

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