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Multinational Companies and Labour Relations in Hungary: between Home Country - Host Country Effects and Global Tendencies
Koltay, Jeno - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 2010
This paper will approach the role of multinational companies (MNCs) in shaping Hungarian labour relations in a broader context. Departing from an overview of macroeconomic developments of the last two decades, all levels and aspects of labour relations, actors, strategies, institutions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677578
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30,000 Minimum Wages: The Economic Effects of Collective Bargaining Extensions
Martins, Pedro S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Several countries extend collective bargaining agreements to entire sectors, therefore binding non-subscriber workers and employers. These extensions may address coordination issues but may also distort competition by imposing sector-specific minimum wages and other work conditions that are not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959582
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30,000 minimum wages: The economic effects of collective agreement extensions
Martins, Pedro S. - Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR), School of … - 2014
Several countries extend collective bargaining agreements to entire sectors, therefore binding non-subscriber workers and employers. These extensions may address coordination issues but may also impose sector-specific minimum wages and other work conditions that are not appropriate for several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898081
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Labour-Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings
Salverda, Wiemer; Checchi, Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find two separate literatures that should be brought together, and bring 'new institutions' into play. Growing female employment, rising dual-earnership and part-time employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884144
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Union density and varieties of coverage: the anatomy of union wage effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional setup suggests to distinguish explicitly union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928810
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Die sozio-oekonomische Bedeutung der gewerkschaftlichen Organisation der Arbeitnehmerschaft für eine freiheitliche und soziale Gesellschaft – gestern und heute
Lampert, Heinz - Institut für Volkswirschaftlehre, Fakultät für … - 2005
The paper deals with the importance of trade unions in former times and at the present time. The author compares the living conditions of working people, the forms and conditions of labor markets and the state of enterprises in the second half of the 19th century as essential causes of the trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022074
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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional setup suggests to distinguish explicitly union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005151094
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Working Paper 03-11 - Niveau de décentralisation de la négociation et structure des salaires
Sissoko, Salimata - Federal Planning Bureau, Government of Belgium - 2011
This study aims to analyse the effects of the decentralization level of collective wage bargaining on the wage level … decentralization, based on variables that determine collective bargaining. Our results indicate the presence of a significant wage … results with those that use as an indicator of bargaining decentralization, the presence of collective agreements at company …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246775
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Does institutional diversity account for pay rules in Germany and Belgium?
Rycx, Francois; Kampelmann, Stephan - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2011
This paper examines the relationship between institutions and the remuneration of different jobs by comparing the German and Belgian labour markets with respect to a typology of institutions (social representations, norms, conventions, legislation, and organisations). The observed institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321162
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Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium?
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper examines the relationship between institutions and the remuneration of different jobs by comparing the German and Belgian labour markets with respect to a typology of institutions (social representations, norms, conventions, legislation, and organisations). The observed institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325420