as a finite sequence of sessions between a firm and a union of variable size. We investigate the impact of such a … `gradual' union on the wage-employment contract in an economy with concave production. In a static framework, the resulting …

as a finite sequence of sessions between a firm and a union of variable size. We investigate the impact of such a … 'gradual' union on the wage-employment contract in an economy with concave production. In a static framework, the resulting …

We analyze union behavior in a model with membership dynamics and compare the labor market outcomes to static union … overstate distortions caused by unions only holds in the special case of firm-level wage setting. If, however, the union is big … enough to determine employment for the whole sector, it rather depends on both the elasticity of labor demand and union …

Building on the right-to-manage model of collective bargaining, this paper tries to infer union power from the observed … results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany …. The results show that union power was relatively stable in the 1990s but fell substantially (by almost one-third) from …

Building on the right-to-manage model of collective bargaining, this paper tries to infer union power from the observed … results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany …. The results show that union power was relatively stable in the 1990s but fell substantially (by almost one-third) from …

Building on the right-to-manage model of collective bargaining, this paper tries to infer union power from the observed … results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany …. The results show that union power was relatively stable in the 1990s but fell substantially (by almost one-third) from …