employeremployee data of Portugal covering the 1991-2008 period, indicate that workers' earnings and employment are significantly …

also find that those firms that cut overtime premiums exhibit significant relative increases in overtime usage, employment …

councils. Their actions can shape multiple drivers of firm performance, including collective bargaining, strikes, and training … effects of union reps on firm-level wages, given the predominance of sectoral collective bargaining. …

their bargaining. These extensions may address coordination issues but may also distort competition by imposing sector … experience wage increases following an extension, formal employment and wage bills in the relevant sectors fall, on average, by 2 …%. These results increase by about 25% across small firms and are driven by reduced hirings. In contrast, the employment and …

How much value does collective bargaining add to the working conditions already established in general labour law? In … as 62% of those collective bargaining norms are exactly or virtually equal to the Labour Code; only 25% (an average of 16 … collective bargaining in Portugal has a relatively small role as a source of effective labour law. We also present several …

and more symmetric than in developed economies, which re ects the weaker bargaining power of its workers and the different …

), trade unions' counterparts in many countries. However, besides conducting collective bargaining, EAs perform several other … by comparing affiliated and non-affiliated firms in terms of sales, employment, productivity, and wages. Using matched …