Against the background of changes in European integration, labor markets, firms, families, and politics, this paper surveys and discusses changes in union representation and labor regulation. In particular, the paper questions the role and presence of labor unions as collective intermediaries of...

A comparison of developments in part-time work in New Zealand, the Netherlands and Denmark shows three very different trends. The Dutch are moving towards a 'part-time economy', the decline in Danish part-time employment confounds the common expectation of rising atypical employment, while the...

Can the recent decline in union density in Europe be attributed to specific economic, social or institutional causes? Can unions influence these causes and reverse decline? Using two data sources; a representative survey of Dutch employees and a data set for European countries between 1950 and 1997;...