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Undermining or Promoting Democratic Government? An Economic and Empirical Analysis of the Two Views of Public Sector Collective Bargaining
Dau-Schmidt, Kenneth Glenn; Khan, Mohammad - 2014
sector collective bargaining improves democratic outcomes and government administration by giving workers a voice in the … other states. The proponents of public sector collective bargaining argue that public employee voice in the provision of … provision of government services, or do they provide an employee voice that improves government services and the administration …
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Distributional effects of minimum wages : can unions expect a double dividend? : a theoretical exercise from a supply-side view
Öllinger, Michael; Ostermair, Christoph; Sell, Friedrich L. - 2019 - This version: February 2019
In this short communication, it is recalled that unions traditionally follow a policy of pushing higher average wages and at the same time propose a compression of the structure of wages and salaries, which follows the theory of some sort of equity. Considering a steep downfall of union density...
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Unemployment Insurance in Unionized Labor Markets : Neither Ghent Nor Centralized
Saha, David - 2015
This paper analyzes unemployment insurance (UI) schemes in the presence of mobile workers and trade unions at industry or regional level that are capable of internalizing the effect of wage demands on UI contribution rates. We compare two types of existing UI systems. When UI is organized at...
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Union structure and product quality differentiation
Meccheri, Nicola; Vergari, Cecilia - 2024
This paper investigates the issue of how alternative unionization structures in labour markets affect the choice of product quality differentiation by firms in product markets, and how this determines relative welfare outcomes of different union structures. In the presence of decentralized wage...
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Evasive reform : informalisation in a liberalised economy with wage-setting unions
Dasgupta, Indraneel; Marjit, Sugata - 2004
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Enterprise formation and labor market institutions
Kanniainen, Vesa; Vesala, Timo - 2000
The paper introduces a model of enterprise formation in a unionized economy with labor protection and wage bargaining. Enterprise formation is subject to future market risk and is shaped by labor market institutions in the post-entry stage. The predictions of the model are tested in...
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Revisiting the impact of union structures on wages : integrating different dimensions of centralisation
Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2003
In a framework of a unionised oligopoly, this paper reconsiders the impact of the bargaining structure on union wages. In particular, two dimensions along which centralisation may occur, namely the professional and firm line, are integrated into one modelling framework. It will be shown that,...
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The Market for Union Representation : An Information Deficit or Rational Behavior?
Hutchison, Harry G. - 2008
In his forthcoming Virginia Law Review article, "Information and the Market for Union Representation", Professor Matthew Bodie asserts the NLRB's model fails to ensure the inclusion of sufficient relevant information. Offering a purchase of services paradigm as an alternative way to understand...
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Optimal Income Taxation in Unionized Labor Markets
Hummel, Albert Jan - 2018
unions can be desirable for income redistribution. Unions bargain with firms over wages in each sector and firms unilaterally … determine employment. Unions raise the efficiency costs of income redistribution, because unemployment benefits and income taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910614
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Optimal Income Taxation in Unionized Labor Markets
Hummel, Albert Jan - 2018
unions can be desirable for income redistribution. Unions bargain with firms over wages in each sector and firms unilaterally … determine employment. Unions raise the efficiency costs of income redistribution, because unemployment benefits and income taxes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913232