Variable Payment Schemes and Industrial Relations: Evidence from Germany
利用德国企业数据，研究了计件工资和利润分享方案的决定因素，发现集体协议和工会委员会对薪酬方案有显著影响，并与多国结果进行了比较。
This paper examines the empirical determinants of piece rates and profit sharing schemes. Establishment data from Germany confirm the importance of industrial relations climate. The presence of collective agreements makes profit sharing less likely. Yet, the presence of works councils makes both piece rates and profit sharing more likely within the sector covered by collective agreements. The use of teams makes piece rates more likely within the uncovered sector. Additional hypotheses regarding expected tenure, production technology, and firm strategy are confirmed. The results from Germany are explicitly compared with those from several other countries. Copyright 1998 by WWZ and Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG