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This paper studies how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity, firm performance, and consumer … tougher selection among hetero- geneous producers and thus increases average productivity, firm-level bargaining allows less … model to a two-country setup, I furthermore show that the positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity …
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The effects of unions on productivity and firm performance have been the topic of extensive research. Existing studies … of identical firms. This paper studies how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm … tougher selection among heterogeneous producers and thus increases average productivity, firm-level bargaining allows less …
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A growing body of research has contributed to understanding the labor market and political effects of globalization. This paper explores an overlooked aspect of trade-induced adjustments in the labor market: the institutional aspect. We take advantage of the two-tier collective bargaining...
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A growing body of research has contributed to understanding the labor market and political effects of globalization. This paper explores an overlooked aspect of trade-induced adjustments in the labor market: the institutional aspect. We take advantage of the two-tier collective bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999702
This paper studies the incentives for firms and unions to establish profit sharing contracts as a strategic instrument in a Cournot product market oligopoly with decentralized and centralized wage bargaining. Therefore, we examine the stability of these institutional arrangements and show that...
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productivity differences, the model features profit and wage differentials across industries. We use this setting to study the …
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productivity differences, the model features profit and wage differentials across industries. We use this setting to study the …
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productivity differences, the model features profit and wage differentials across industries. We use this setting to study the …
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In oligopolistic industries that are unionised and may be affected by offshoring, falling offshoring costs have a moderating effect on trade unions. They will accept lower sector wages in order to discourage mobile forms from leaving the country. Since such wages are independent of the workers'...
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