In the absence of adequate institutional mechanisms, trade unions can potentially promote higher wages and other worker benefits, yet limited data availability means little is known about the effect unions have on individual earnings in developing economies. Using matched employer-employee data...

This working paper is a combination of two reports. The first section is a report by Serrano and Xhafa and it complements the study on the second phase of the Closing the representation gap (Webster et al, 2008). The purpose of this report is to identify critical factors and variables that may...

Beginning in the seventies and during the next two decades a constellation of principles and methods for developing working conditions had evolved into a movement called Quality of Work Life (QWL). Present research investigates the impact of trade union on level of Quality of Working Life...