five workers is a union member, and it is now moot whether this degree of penetration is consistent with a corporatist … model built on encompassing unions. The decline in union membership and density is attributable to external forces that have …

union membership is low in many countries, union coverage is high and almost all countries also have some form of national …

councils may be construed as largely beneficial. However, any such optimistic evaluation is heavily qualified by union … organization and in particular workplace unionism. Establishment union density seemingly blunts the performance of employee …

-to-average wage ratio, with union density, with the share of first and second generation immigrants, and with income inequality, but … Europe, the minimum wage effect is negative, whilst within Eastern and Southern Europe, the union effect is negative. Various …

How does the asymmetry of labor market institutions affect the adjustment of a currency union to shocks? To answer this … question, this paper sets up a dynamic currency union model with monopolistic competition and sticky prices, hiring frictions …, as they directly reflect how the currency union responds to shocks. We highlight the following three results: First, we …

Union. The paper documents some of the key characteristics of young people's labour market experiences during the current …