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

firing costs and unemployment benefits are independent of redundancy pay, employment and welfare will rise with redundancy … shown that a fixed payment will lower wages, leave employment and welfare unaffected if there are no wage-dependent taxes …, no additional firing costs and if unemployment benefits are not altered by redundancy payments. If payroll taxes exceed …

More progressive income taxes raise employment in models of imperfectly competitive labour markets. However, this … progressive taxes reduce profits. This induces firms to exit the market such that the positive employment effect can vanish in a … opportunities raise the likelihood of positive employment effects due to higher tax progressivity. …

can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining … that an overall increase in risk aversion contributes to wage moderation and promotes employment. …

In this paper fiscal policy is examined for an open economy characterised by unemployment due to efficiency wages. We …