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Current situation and future trends of the industrial relations system and trade unions in Greece
Nikolopoulos, Andreas; Patra, Eleni - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 23 (2012) 4, pp. 353-368
The Greek industrial relations system for the past decades, mainly in the private sector, has been based on Law 1876 of 1990, which introduced free collective bargaining and independent dispute resolution. Due to the financial crisis, new legislation modified the existing legal framework and led...
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A cartel analysis of the German labor institutions and its implications for labor market reforms
Haucap, Justus; Pauly, Uwe; Wey, Christian - In: Journal of institutional and theoretical economics : JITE 163 (2007) 3, pp. 503-516
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Drivers and effects of labour market reforms : evidence from a novel policy compendium
Adascalitei, Dragos; Morano, Clemente Pignatti - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 15, pp. 1-32
The paper analyses the determinants and short-term effects of labour market reforms, using information from a novel policy compendium that covers 110 developed and developing economies between 2008 and 2014. We find that the approval of reforms is positively associated with the unemployment...
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Institutionalist versus distortionist views of labor market reforms : an investigation into the post-liberalized manufacturing sector in India
Bhandari, Anup Kumar; Arun Sudarsan - In: Journal of economics, finance & administrative science 21 (2016) 41, pp. 63-72
Labor regulation and employment relation has been investigated in India in light of the seminal work of Besley and Burgess (2004), considering formal sector manufacturing employment as the explained variable. Empirical findings support, although not very strongly, the institutionalist view,...
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Unions and investment in intangible capital : when workers and firms cannot commit to long-term contracts and capital investments are sunk, union power can reduce investment
Sulis, Giovanni - 2015
Although coverage of collective bargaining agreements has been declining for decades in most countries, it is still extensive, especially in non-Anglo-Saxon countries. Strong unions may influence firms' incentives to invest in capital, particularly in sectors where capital investments are sunk...
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The future of the French trade unions
Andolfatto, Dominique; Labbé, Dominique - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 23 (2012) 4, pp. 341-352
This article investigates the transformations of the French unionism and of the French system of industrial relations over the last years and their probable future. It shows: an evolution from a militant unionism to a professionalized trade unionist system; the decline of collective actions; the...
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A union representative's perspective of declining union membership
Rivers, Melvin J.; Truitt, Tim - In: International journal of management, economics and … 3 (2014) 3, pp. 125-143
Union membership has declined 24.2 percent since 1945. Declining union membership leads to economic losses for labor … unions. The problem is relevant to scholars and the labor movement, requiring a deeper understanding of union membership … decline. In this qualitative study, experiences with declining union membership are explored with union representatives in Los …
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Minimum wage and collective bargaining shocks : a narrative database for advanced economies
Afonso, António; Jalles, João Tovar; Venter, Zoe - In: IZA journal of labor policy 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-18
This paper presents and describes a new database of major minimum wage and collective bargaining (CB) shocks covering 26 advanced economies over the period 1970-2020. The main advantage of this dataset is the precise identification of the nature and date of major shocks, which is valuable in...
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What happened to collective bargaining during the great recession?
Visser, Jelle - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 9, pp. 1-35
Collective bargaining over labour conditions between unions and employers is a key labour market institution in democratic societies, guaranteed by international and national law. Its coverage, organization and impact have varied over time and across countries. Inclusive bargaining, conducted by...
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The dog that barks doesn’t bite : coverage and compliance of sectoral minimum wages in Italy
Garnero, Andrea - In: IZA journal of labor policy 7 (2018) 3, pp. 1-24
This paper provides a comprehensive portrait of the level and compliance with sectoral minimum wages in Italy between 2008 and 2015. The results show that wage floors in Italy are relatively high both in absolute terms and relative to the median wage. However, non-compliance rates are not...
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