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This paper sets up a general oligopolistic equilibrium model with unionized labor markets. By accounting for productivity differences, the model features profit and wage differentials across industries. We use this setting to study the impact of trade liberalization on employment, welfare, and...
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The area-wide wage agreement is at the centre of Germany s system of collective bargaining. In recent years, however …, there has been a tendency towards the decentralisation of collective bargaining. Individual wage agreements have led to more … had this moderating effect. On the other hand, collective bargaining has become more flexible. The further …
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We theoretically analyse the effects of sick pay and employees' health on collective bargaining, assuming that …
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This paper presents a model of wage-employment determination in private and public sectors, which allows us to analyze the effects of different institutional arrangements on labor market equilibria. In particular, it focuses on how different degrees of coordination in decision processes affect...
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, using macrodata and microdata. Macrodata show that greater coverage by centralized collective bargaining institutions raises …
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This paper examines how collective bargaining through unions and workplace co-determination through works councils …
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bargaining framework within which works councils are embedded, and also by allowing for works council learning. It is reported … associated with a much higher probability of transitioning from no collective bargaining to sectoral bargaining coverage over the …
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Europe on collective bargaining coverage of German plants in the period 1996–2008. We exploit cross-industry variation in … increased import exposure has led to an increase in the probability of German plants leaving industry-wide bargaining agreements …
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