Showing 1 - 10 of 851
This paper investigates the patterns of bargaining in multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the presence of labor unions … coordination activities. It derives the bargaining regimes which arise as sub-game perfect equilibria, and considers both … unions’ per member transaction costs may attenuate the conflict of interests between bargaining parties as regards the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223425
This paper investigates the coordination of bargaining activities among labor unions in a Multinational Enterprise (MNE … coordinate negotiations, it derives the bargaining regimes arising as sub-game perfect equilibria. In presence of workers perfect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374375
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767003
This paper analyzes the implications of bilateral bargaining over wages and employment between a producer and a union …. Wages and aggregate employment levels are set according to an efficient (Nash) bargaining agreement while the commodity … the total production surplus, efficient bargaining implies no efficiency loss in production. Depending on the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009514990
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377473
In the absence of closed-shops and discriminatory wage policies, union membership can be explained by the existence of social norms. We describe a model, incorporating institutional features of the German labour market, which explicitly allows for social custom effects in the determination of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319588
We develop new facts relating news coverage, interest groups, and events in the legislative histories of minimum wage increases. First, we create and validate a database of news articles that includes coverage of minimum wages and organized labor. Second, we show that policy changes predict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014246773
this be, given that the minimum wage may act as a substitute for the bargaining power offered by labor unions? In this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249948
Over the past decade, organized labor has played a significant role in advocating for minimum wage increases. In this paper, we investigate the effects of minimum wage increases on union membership among individuals in minimum wage intensive industries. Consistent with a "freeriding" hypothesis,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013448184
crucial role. Decreasing productivity gains and increasing the firm's bargaining power lowers management opposition. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291760