utility. We show for a wage bargaining model that a stronger earningsrelationship of unemployment benefits may reduce wages …

We theoretically analyse the effects of sick pay and employees' health on collective bargaining, assuming that …

collective bargaining reduces employment growth by two to four percentage points per year. Evidence is, however, mostly related … between being covered by a sector-wide bargaining agreement or firm-level contract and employment growth of about one … percentage point per annum. However, the correlation between employment growth and collective bargaining is not robust to the use …

bargaining creates additional impediments for the positive employment consequences of UISAs …