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Description:
The paper investigates three hypotheses regarding the relationship between descriptive and substantial representation of women in the area of collective bargaining: the critical mass hypothesis, the hypothesis of a linear relationship and the hypothesis of a curvilinear relationship. It examines whether, for selected collective agreements in Austria and Germany, the share of women in union bargaining teams shows a relationship to women-friendly bargaining outcomes in the areas of wages and other issues. Concerning wages, the results show limited support for the critical mass hypothesis and for the hypothesis of a linear influence of descriptive representation. Concerning issues apart from wages, the data show no relationship between descriptive representation and the chosen indicator for women-friendly bargaining outcomes