This research explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between unemployment and labour force participation rates … for six selected countries in Latin America at both aggregate and gender-disaggregated levels. Cointegration analysis … focused on the study of time series is used to validate the unemployment invariance hypothesis and explore added and …

-and-matching model with low- and high-skilled workers, and wage setting by labor unions. We establish the relationship between task … of both skill groups, and unemployment. In contrast to the canonical model with a fixed task allocation, low …-skilled workers may be harmed in terms of either lower wages or higher unemployment depending on the relative task …

This chapter focuses on the lessons learned from four decades of studying the relationship between unions and job …

sug- gests that although union density may be in decline, unions still have an important role to play in voicing worker …

The impact of unions on firm performance has been the subject of debate and controversy in most industrialized … scope and limitations of the economic analysis of unions as well as the controversies surrounding the conclusions of … existing empirical research. Although it is difficult to draw firm and general conclusions on the effects of unions on firm …

Population ageing in Europe calls for an overall rise in the age of retirement. However, many argue that this age …