The RFBerlin Research Insight “Collective Bargaining Between Protection and Flexibility: Lessons from Germany and Italy” by Christian Dustmann, Bernd Fitzenberger and Lorenzo Incoronato was recently featured in multiple media outlets worldwide. The Research Insight discusses how collective bargaining systems can balance flexibility for firms with protection for workers, drawing on evidence from Germany and Italy. It highlights how greater flexibility can improve competitiveness and help preserve jobs, while also showing that weakening collectively negotiated wage protections can lead to lower wages without corresponding employment gains, particularly in less competitive labor markets.
It was mentioned in:
- Global Banking and Finance Review
- Reuters
- Germany News Reuters
- Times of India
- Finimize
- BNC Philippines
- TradingView
- Open PR
- Euronext
- AOL
