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How representative are social partners in Europe? : the role of dissimilarity
Martinez-Matute, Marta; Martins, Pedro S. - 2022
Social partners (trade unions and employers' associations) and their representativeness can shape labour institutions and economic and social outcomes in many countries. In this paper, we argue that, when examining social partners' representativeness, it is important to consider both affiliation...
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Collective bargaining systems and macroeconomic and microeconomic flexibility : the quest for appropriate institutional forms in advanced economies
Addison, John T. - 2015
This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of the needs of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408196
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What do employers' associations do?
Martins, Pedro S. - 2020
While trade unions have been studied in detail, there is virtually no economics research on employer associations (EAs), their counterparts in many countries. Here we argue that EAs are important economic agents as they provide sectoral public goods such as collective bargaining, training, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291124
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Collective bargaining through the magnifying glass : a comparison between the Netherlands and Portugal
Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S.; Parlevliet, Jante - 2017
This paper contributes to a deeper understanding of sector-level bargaining systems and their role for labour market performance. We compare two countries with seemingly similar collective bargaining systems, the Netherlands and Portugal, and document a number of features that may affect labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011756760
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Wage rigidity, collective bargaining and the minimum wage : evidence from French agreement data
Avouyi-Dovi, Sanvi; Fougère, Denis; Gautier, Erwan - 2011
Using several unique data sets on wage agreements at both industry and firm levels in France, we document stylized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310034
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Does employing older workers affect workplace performance?
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John; Gray, Helen; Stokes, Lucy - 2019
Focusing on private sector workplaces in Britain, we investigate whether the employment of older workers has implications for workplace performance. We find no significant association between changes in the proportion of older workers employed and changes in workplace performance. We find some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107575
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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
States and France. It discusses how the welfare state can be reformed in order to improve outcomes for older workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900521
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An experimental investigation of age discrimination in the French labour market
Riach, Peter Andrew (contributor); Rich, Judith (contributor) - 2006
Paris than in the rest of France. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003523259
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Age biased technical and organisational change, training and employment prospects of older workers
Behaghel, Luc; Caroli, Eve; Roger, Muriel - 2011
We analyse the role of training in mitigating the negative impact of technical and organizational changes on the employment prospects of older workers. Using a panel of French firms in the late 1990s, we first estimate wage bill share equations for different age groups. Consistently with what is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232285
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The returns to seniority in France (and why are they lower than in the United States?)
Beffy, Magali; Buchinsky, Moshe; Fougère, Denis; … - 2006
We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals' wage formation in France. Our … using state of the art Bayesian methods employing a long panel (1976-1995) for France. Our results clearly show that returns … rationale for this phenomenon. Specifically, in a low-mobility country such as France, there is little gain in compensating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003274184