bargaining power of their union as indicated by workplace union density. In Norway, on the other hand, although a union wage … female-dominated women benefit more than men from the increased bargaining power of the union as union density rises. The …

wage bargaining is more conducive to innovation - particularly product innovation - than competitive pay setting. We test … the theory with workplace data for Britain and Norway. Results are consistent with the theory: local union bargaining is … positively associated with product innovations in both countries. In Norway, local union bargaining is also positively associated …

This paper presents an alternative implementation of firm-level collective wage bargaining, where bargaining proceeds … equilibrium is equivalent to the efficient bargaining outcome. In a dynamic framework with search frictions, we demonstrate that … gradual collective wage bargaining coincides with all-or-nothing bargaining when bargaining takes place in fictitious time …

Unions are often stigmatized as being a source of inefficiency due to higher collective bargaining outcomes. This is in … to adopt collective bargaining. We rationalize those stylized facts using a partial equilibrium model that allows us to … evaluate firms' value functions under individual or collective bargaining. Exporting further decreases average production costs …

This paper presents an alternative implementation of firm-level collective wage bargaining, where bargaining proceeds … equilibrium is equivalent to the efficient bargaining outcome. In a dynamic framework with search frictions, we demonstrate that … gradual collective wage bargaining coincides with all-or-nothing bargaining when bargaining takes place in fictitious time …

the scope of collective bargaining (outside the U.S. Postal Service and airport air traffic controllers), and the absence … model of relatively low-stakes unionism and collective bargaining that perhaps should be considered as an alternative by …

Unions are often stigmatized as being a source of inefficiency due to higher collective bargaining outcomes. This is in … to adopt collective bargaining. We rationalize those stylized facts using a partial equilibrium model that allows us to … evaluate firms' value functions under individual or collective bargaining. Exporting further decreases average production costs …