There are two divergent views on the role of public sector collective bargaining in American law. The first, and generally older, view is that public sector collective bargaining undermines democratic government, allowing organized employees to interfere with the administration of the law for...

This paper studies the impact of downward wage rigidity on wage dynamics and employment flows after the outbreak of major recessions over the last 30 years in Spain. Downward wage rigidity stems from collective agreements, which set province-industry-skill specific minimum wage floors for all...