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Endogenous Growth Fluctuations in Unionised Economy with Productive Externalities
Coimbra, Rui; Lloyd-Braga, Teresa; Modesto, Leonor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We discuss the effects of unions in the labour market on steady-state multiplicity and welfare, and on the occurrence …-Douglas technology, unions increase steady state employment and welfare, and local indeterminacy (sunspots) emerges. Our results show … that the role of unions in shaping local dynamics depends on technology (externalities and factor's substitutability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656164
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Indeterminacy in a Finance Constrained Unionized Economy
Lloyd-Braga, Teresa; Modesto, Leonor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We introduce labour market imperfections (i.e. unions and the existence of a wage floor) in a finance … decreases with union power. We also find that unions increase simultaneously steady-state employment, capital accumulation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504720
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Skilled and Unskilled Employment in a Spanish Business Cycle Model
Muñoz, Rafael - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 1999
We analyze to what extent skill heterogeneity in the labor market with different wage formation mechanisms can explain the features of the Spanish labor market. The model assumes two types of workers with differences in skills. Skilled labor sets wages in an efficiency way while unskilled labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004985274
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Comparatively Open: Statutory Information Disclosure for Consultation and Bargaining in Germany, France and the UK
Gospel, Howard; Willman, P - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
Information provision is an important part of all mechanisms which give employees voice atwork. This paper considers the law on information disclosure for joint consultation andcollective bargaining in three countries, Germany, France, and the UK, chosen for theirdistinctive legal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797302
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Banking the Furnace: Restructuring of the Steel Industry in Eight Countries
Bain, Trevor - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Trevor Bain explores the industry restructurings that occurred in eight major steel-producing countries, including the U.S., Germany and Japan. He begins by categorizing each country as having either an adversarial or a cooperative industrial relations system, and then analyzes the differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008488912
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Economic Restructuring and Emerging Patterns of Industrial Relations
Sleigh, Stephen R. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
This book's essays analyze innovative responses by unions, corporations and governments to job loss caused by economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008488913
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Die Struktur kollektiver Lohnverhandlungen und Auslandsdirektinvestitionen in der OECD
Peters, Ralf-Henning; Schneiders, Kerstin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999
In diesem Beitrag wird der Einfluß der Strucktur kollektiver Lohnverhandlungen auf ausfließende Direktinvestitionen analysiert. Verwendet werden Daten von 19 OECD-Ländern für die Jahre 1980, 1990 und 1994. Der Zentralisations- und der Koordinationsgrad der Lohnverhandlungen haben einen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098439
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Comparatively open: statutory information disclosure for consultation and bargaining in Germany, France and the UK
Gospel, Howard; Willman, Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
Information provision is an important part of all mechanisms which give employees voice at work. This paper considers the law on information disclosure for joint consultation and collective bargaining in three countries, Germany, France, and the UK, chosen for their distinctive legal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745383
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Business Fluctuations, Job Flows and Trade Unions - Dynamics in the Economy
Schirwitz, Beate - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
behaviour of trade unions? To approach these questions theoretical as well as empirical methods were used. The empirical methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011148812
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Sunk Capital, Unions and the Hold-Up Problem: Theory and Evidence from Sectoral Data
Cardullo, G.; Conti, M.; Sulis, G. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2012
In this paper we test for the hold-up problem by considering the effect of unions’ bargaining power on the rate of … of unions and the presence of social pacts sustain cooperative equilibria and alleviate such a problem. Our results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860648