-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France – countries with very different employment regimes. The … results show that job quality is better in Britain than it is in France, despite its minimalist regulatory regime. The … associated with non-pecuniary job quality in both countries but in France the association is confined to only the largest firms …

financial performance in Britain and France. We find that union bargaining is detrimental to workplace performance in Britain … and that this effect is larger when unionization is endogenized. In France, union bargaining is associated with poorer … density do have a negative impact on workplace performance in France. In Britain the union effect does not rise with union …