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Fiscal Norming of Wages to Promote Employment with Monopoly Unions

Crombrugghe, Alain L de; de Walque, Gregory - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

promote employment. We assume a monopoly union setting wages at the firm level to maximize that part of the wage bill … and obtain a higher corresponding level of employment. Empirical tests are performed over a sample of 43 Polish firms in … 1990 and 1991. They support our model assumptions as well as the ‘employment-enhancing’ effect of the tax in Polish firms. …

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Evaluating Unemployment Policies: What do the Underlying Theories Tell Us?

Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

The paper surveys unemployment policies for advanced market economies and evaluates them by examining the predictions of the underlying macroeconomic theories. The basic idea is that, for the most part, different unemployment policy prescriptions rest on different macroeconomic theories, and our...

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Coverage by Incremental Scales

Booth, Alison L; Frank, Jeff - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper uses the British Household Panel Survey to investigate when seniority is rewarded by automatic incremental scales. Scales are seen as an alternative to individual merit pay. They are likely to be used when individual productivity is hard to measure, when firms provide all workers with...

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A Theory of Union Power and Labour Turnover

Kühn, Kai-Uwe; Padilla, Atilano Jorge - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

In this paper we develop a theory of union bargaining power based on firm-specific skills acquired by the insider work … hiring of the firm, however. This paper can thus be understood as developing an insider-outsider theory in which harrassment …

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Optimal Labour Taxation and Search

Boone, Jan; Bovenberg, A Lans - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper explores the optimal role of the tax system in alleviating labour-market imperfections and raising revenue. For this purpose, the standard search model of the labour market is extended by introducing scarce entrepreneurial talent and arbitrage between the supply and demand. We study...

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Unemployment, Real Wages and Union Membership

Schmidt, Christoph M; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

This paper investigates economic determinants and effects of aggregate union membership in the Federal Republic of Germany. We establish that in the long run, high union membership levels coincide not only with a large labour force, but also with a high level of real wages, a small dispersion of...

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Union Membership and Wage Bargaining When Membership is Not Compulsory

Booth, Alison L; Chatterji, Monojit - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper develops a theoretical model of the <MI>simultaneous<D> determination of union wages and union membership, and empirically implements the model using the 1990 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey. The empirical literature on union wage gaps has long recognized that union membership may be...</d></mi>

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Trade Union Objectives and Economic Growth

Irmen, Andreas; Wigger, Berthold - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

cares for wages and employment, we determine a range of trade union objectives and characterize the aggregate technology so …

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Technology and Changes in Skill Structure: Evidence from an International Panel of Industries

Machin, Steve; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

, the United Kingdom and the United States. The analysis of changes in wage bill shares and employment shares of more …

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Employment, Innovation and Union Bargaining Models: New Tests and Evidence from UK Manufacturing Firms

Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper investigates the impact of innovation on employment using a panel of UK manufacturing firms and a headcount … bargains. Innovation is found to have positive effect on company employment raising it by 9--12% in the short run and up to 40 … higher employment growth from new products and processes. …

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