This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and …

the least regulated markets. -- minimum wages ; wage fixing machinery ; prime-age females ; employment ; unemployment …

Using linked employer-employee data, this paper estimates the effect of collective bargaining coverage on wages over an … robustness checks. Joining a sectoral agreement is found always to produce higher wages, while exiting a sectoral agreement no …

. The present paper investigates the association between pacts and a wider set of outcomes – wages, employment, investment … establishment performance. Indeed, the positive effects reported for wages, productivity, and innovation are sustained in …

orientation, a process whereby uncovered firms profess to shadow the wages set under sectoral bargaining. Yet importantly, at a … indirect coverage, still less of the degree to which wages are aligned in practice. Using nationally representative data for … 2000-2010, this paper charts the extent of orientation in the uncovered sector, and tracks average wages across bargaining …

We estimate the impact of union density on wages using Portuguese matched employer-employee-contract data, extending … on wages. In turn, job titles reflect the average contract in the collective agreement, while the wage cushion offers …

the union wage gap is mainly manifested through a firm fixed effect, suggesting that unions may force firms to reposition …