overstate distortions caused by unions only holds in the special case of firm-level wage setting. If, however, the union is big … enough to determine employment for the whole sector, it rather depends on both the elasticity of labor demand and union’s … time preference whether static frameworks overrate or even underrate unions’ distortions. …

overstate distortions caused by unions only holds in the special case of firm-level wage setting. If, however, the union is big …'s time preference whether static frameworks overrate or even underrate unions' distortions …

Unions are often stigmatized as being a source of inefficiency due to higher collective bargaining outcomes. This is in …

whose participation is subsidized on a net basis. By creating implicit taxes on work, unions alleviate the labor …This paper extends the Diamond (1980) model with labor unions to study optimal income taxation and to analyze whether … unions can be desirable for income redistribution. Unions bargain with firms over wages in each sector and firms unilaterally …

This paper analyzes unemployment insurance (UI) schemes in the presence of mobile workers and trade unions at industry … types of existing UI systems. When UI is organized at trade union level (decentralized Ghent UI), trade unions strategically … lower the benefit levels of their UI schemes to deter welfare recipients from other unions from entering their UI scheme …

Unions are often stigmatized as being a source of inefficiency due to higher collective bargaining outcomes. This is in …