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Labour Market Regulation, Productivity-Improving R&D and Endogenous Growth
Palokangas, Tapio - 2003
rents and the government can support unions by labour market regulation. We show that if unions are initially very strong …, regulation increases only the workers? profit share and has no impact on employment and growth. Otherwise, regulation increases … faster. Regulation (deregulation) is desirable when the growth rate is below (above) some critical level. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261979
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Enforcement of Regulation, Informal Labour, Firm Size and Firm Performance
Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper investigates how enforcement of labour regulation affects the firm's use of informal labour, firm size and … level, and administrative data on enforcement of regulation at the city level, we show that in areas where law enforcement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661940
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Which employers regard the threat of dismissal as a suitable incentive to motivate workers?
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2015
Using German establishment data, this study finds that the share of blue-collar workers, an outdated production technology and a high-wage policy increase the probability that employers regard the threat of dismissal as a suitable incentive. A participatory HRM policy, the incidence of a works...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288426
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Which employers regard the threat of dismissal as a suitable incentive to motivate workers?
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2015
Using German establishment data, this study finds that the share of blue-collar workers, an outdated production technology and a high-wage policy increase the probability that employers regard the threat of dismissal as a suitable incentive. A participatory HRM policy, the incidence of a works...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529905
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The political economy of collective bargaining
Palokangas, Tapio - 2002
-earners and profit-earners lobby the government for taxation and labour market regulation, and labour market legislation must be … regulation in the labour market. In such a case, the political equilibrium is characterized by strong union power and right …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409824
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Which Employers Regard the Threat of Dismissal as a Suitable Incentive to Motivate Workers?
Jirjahn, Uwe - Fach Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Trier - 2015
Using German establishment data, this study finds that the share of blue-collar workers, an outdated production technology and a high-wage policy increase the probability that employers regard the threat of dismissal as a suitable incentive. A participatory HRM policy, the incidence of a works...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272645
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Labour Market Institutions, Product Market Regulation, and Innovation: Cross-Country Evidence
Bassanini, Andrea; Ernst, Ekkehard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
labour markets, the lower the adjustment costs imposed by labour market regulation. Moreover, in industries with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045644
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Product and Labour Markets Interactions in OECD Countries
Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Bassanini, Andrea; Ernst, Ekkehard; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001
This paper analyses several of the cross-market effects of policies aimed at influencing outcomes in product and labour markets. Focusing on subsets of OECD countries, we look at the implications of product market competition for industry wages and overall employment, and the implications of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046127
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Regulation, Power and Scale: 'Reworking' Capital-Labour Relations in German SMEs
Berndt, Christian - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2000
This paper is concerned with recent changes in the way capital-labour relations are regulated in german smes. By investigating 28 firm case-studies in the ruhr area, it is argued, first, that capital-labour relations in germany are getting downscaled and decentralised, profoundly changing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005687956
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Structural Reforms and Growth : Product and Labor Market Deregulations
Eijffinger, Sylvester; Rossi, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006
The paper focuses on labor and product market deregulations, as fundamental elements in the passage from an investment to an innovation-based economy.The approach undertaken is prominently empirical.After a very brief description of the regulatory levels on the two sides of the Atlantic, we take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011091848