Publications of Bernhard Ebbinghaus

The Changing Union and Bargaining Landscape: Union Concentration and Collective Bargaining Trends. In: Industrial Relations Journal 35(6), 2004, 574–587.

Ever Larger Unions: Organisational Restructuring and Its Impact on Union Confederations. In: Industrial Relations Journal 34(5), 2003, 446–460.

Globalization and Trade Unions: A Comparative-Historical Examination of the Convergence Thesis. In: Économie Appliquée (an International Journal of Economic Analysis) 55(2), 2002, 121–139.

Trade Unions’ Changing Role: Membership Erosion, Organisational Reform, and Social Partnership in Europe. In: Industrial Relations Journal 33(5), 2002, 465–483.

Striking Deals: Concertation in the Reform of Continental European Welfare States. In: Journal of European Public Policy 7(1), 2000, 44–62.

The Role of Tripartite Concertation in the Reform of the Welfare State. In: Transfer 5(1-2), 1999, 64–81.

When Institutions Matter: Union Growth and Decline in Western Europe, 1950-1995. In: European Sociological Review 15(2), 1999, 135–158.

Europe Through the Looking-Glass: Comparative and Multi-Level Perspectives. In: Acta Sociologica 41, 1998, 301–314.

Vom Norden organisieren lernen. In: Die Mitbestimmung 46(6), 2000, 39–41.

Where Have All the Members Gone?. In: Die Mitbestimmung 46(8), 2000, 57–59.

Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Trade Unions in Western Europe since 1945. The Societies of Europe. London: Macmillan, 2000.

Exit from Labor: Reforming Early Retirement and Social Partnership in Europe, Japan, and the USA. Habilitation Thesis, Universität zu Köln, Köln 2002.

Can Path Dependence Explain Institutional Change? Two Approaches Applied to Welfare State Reform. MPIfG Discussion Paper 05/2. Köln: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, 2005.

Dinosaurier der Dienstleistungsgesellschaft? Der Mitgliederschwund deutscher Gewerkschaften im historischen und internationalen Vergleich. MPIfG Working Paper 02/3. Köln: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, 2002.

Trade Unions’ Changing Role: Membership Erosion, Organisational Reform, and Social Partnership in Europe. EU Paper SeriesMadison: The European Union Center, University of Wisconsin, 2002.

When Labour and Capital Collude: The Varieties of Welfare Capitalism and Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA. The Program for the Study of Germany and Europe Working Papers SeriesCambridge: Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 2000.

Striking Deals: Concertation in the Reform of Continental European Welfare States. MPIfG Discussion Paper 99/3. Köln: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, 1999.

When Institutions Matter: Union Growth and Decline in Western Europe, 1950-95. Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: ArbeitspapiereMannheim: Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung Universität Mannheim, 1998.

Vom Stilllegen von Arbeit zum lebenslangen Lernen: Das überfällige Ende der Frühverrentung in Europa, Japan und den USA. In: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (ed.), MPIfG Jahrbuch 2003-2004. Köln: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, 2005, 37–42.