A matching model with labor/leisure choice and bargaining frictions is used to explain (i) differences in GDP per hour … is similar in both economies, the share of part-time work is larger. -- model of search and matching ; bargaining …

that unions were engaged in concession bargaining. Overall, our results challenge the common view that trade unions in the …

This paper presents an alternative implementation of firm-level collective wage bargaining, where bargaining proceeds … equilibrium is equivalent to the efficient bargaining outcome. In a dynamic framework with search frictions, we demonstrate that … gradual collective wage bargaining coincides with all-or-nothing bargaining when bargaining takes place in fictitious time …

probabilities of having a works council or a collective bargaining agreement. We show that family firms which are solely, partially … or not managed by the owners significantly differ in the presence of works councils and collective bargaining agreements …

economy characterized by the interplay between collective wage bargaining and spatial heterogeneity in the cost of living. Our … delivered by the Italian Revenue Agency. For employees covered by collective bargaining, we find a zero UWP in nominal terms and …

evidence is consistent with a "non-Coasean" framework building on wage frictions preventing efficient bargaining, and with …

opening the "black box" of firm-level unionism and collective bargaining, we mix together quantitative and qualitative …

take advantage of the two-tier collective bargaining structure of the Italian labor market, whereby the first tier entails …