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Let's take bargaining models seriously : the decline in union power in Germany, 1992 - 2009
Hirsch, Boris; Schnabel, Claus - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310697
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What do unions do in times of economic crisis? : evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Veliziotis, Michail - 2015
that unions were engaged in concession bargaining. Overall, our results challenge the common view that trade unions in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376316
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Collective bargaining and innovation in Germany : cooperative industrial relations?
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Evers, Katalin; … - 2013
The effect of collective bargaining on innovation has long been in dispute. At the level of theory, the hold-up problem … impact of collective bargaining on (several measures of) process innovation and product innovation. Our cross section and …, collective bargaining at sectoral level might even be pro innovative. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229933
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Changes in bargaining status and intra-plant wage dispersion in Germany : a case of (almost) plus ça change?
Addison, John T.; Kölling, Arnd; Teixeira, Paulino - 2014
Recent studies have pointed to the association between declining collective bargaining coverage and rising overall wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010387708
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The economics of first-contract mediation
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Luttens, Roland Iwan - 2013
This paper provides an economic foundation for non-binding mediation to stimulate first collective bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786453
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Wage determination and imperfect competition
Booth, Alison L. - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257588
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Impacts of unionization on quality and productivity : regression discontinuity evidence from nursing homes
Sojourner, Aaron J.; Frandsen, Brigham R.; Town, Robert J. - 2014
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364488
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Centralized vs. decentralized wage formation : the role of firms' production technology
Hirsch, Boris; Merkl, Christian; Müller, Steffen; … - 2014
centralized bargaining agreements indeed have economically and statistically significantly larger total factor productivities and … scale elasticities than comparable establishments outside the centralized bargaining regime. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364978
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The political economy of labor market regulation with R&D
Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350356
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No extension without representation? : evidence from a natural experiment in collective bargaining
Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S. - 2016
In many countries, notably across Europe, collective bargaining coverage is enhanced by government-issued extensions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532434