methods, for example, and find strong support for explanations based on labor union contracts and implicit wages for Germany …. Furthermore, survey respondents indicated that labor union contracts and implicit contracts are important reasons for wage … skilled. In contrast to the US experience for German firms insider-outsider behavior, labor union contracts and specific human …

European countries, with a special attention to the new European Union member countries. This may allow us to analyse effects …

How will the commitment to price stability affect labour market rigidities in the European Monetary Union? I explore a …

are determined independently at the firm-level, (2) 'coordination' where one industry union sets individual wages for all … firms, and (3) 'centralisation' where an industry union sets a uniform wage rate for all firms. While firms' investment …

The paper questions the predominant view on unemployment and wages in the European Union according to which high … labour union bargaining power and changing collective bargaining strategies have contributed to this result. It is therefore …