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union. Applying the (asymmetric) Nash bargaining solution, we find that under reasonable conditions, it is beneficial for at … tariff unions. -- Trade-union formation ; wage-employment bargains ; Nash bargaining solution ; industry and professional …
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Building on the right-to-manage model of collective bargaining, this paper tries to infer union power from the observed …. -- trade union power ; wage bargaining ; labour share ; Germany …
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that unions were engaged in concession bargaining. Overall, our results challenge the common view that trade unions in the …
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This paper provides an economic foundation for non-binding mediation to stimulate first collective bargaining …
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A striking feature of the past few decades has been the development of wage-determination models that assume that labour markets are imperfectly competitive. This paper discusses two such models (trade unions and oligopsony), although there are many more. It also asks if imperfectly competitive...
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This paper studies the effects of nursing home unionization on numerous labor, establishment, and consumer outcomes using a regression discontinuity design. We find negative effects of unionization on staffing levels and no decline in care quality, suggesting positive labor productivity effects....
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In this paper, I study the political rationale for labor market regulation. Oligopolists employ raw labor and human capital (i.e. key workers) for production and R&D. There are many jurisdictions, in each of which a self-interested policy maker can regulate/deregulate the local labor market. I...
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Focusing on the cost-reducing motive behind the use of temporary agency employment, this paper aims at providing a better theoretical understanding of the effects of temporary agency work on the wage-setting process, trade unions' rents, firms' profits and employment. It is shown that trade...
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Unions are often stigmatized as being a source of inefficiency due to higher collective bargaining outcomes. This is in … to adopt collective bargaining. We rationalize those stylized facts using a partial equilibrium model that allows us to … evaluate firms' value functions under individual or collective bargaining. Exporting further decreases average production costs …
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We show the effects of the bargaining power of labour unions on product innovation under decentralised and centralised … wage bargaining. In this context, we show the implications of preference function, which affects the market size. A higher … union bargaining power increases innovation if bargaining is decentralised, the market expansion effect is weak and the cost …
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