Two factors make industrial relations in this sector atypical. Firstly, performing artists generally do not see themselves as an employee, and secondly there is the continuing trend towards commercialisation. These factors make it hard for employer associations and unions to organise employees...

The electricity sector is of fundamental importance to Dutch society and the economy. In consequence of the introduction of the market mechanisms the production and distribution of electricity have been delegated to the market since 2006. The network infrastructure has remained under state...

The rationalisation of production and the export of production have a significant effect on the industrial relations in the Food and Drink sector. In collective bargaining both at multi- employer and at company level, the role of the social partners is evident. Among employees the organisational...

Business cycles are expected to contribute to drive the dynamics of inequality of countries. This paper provides new stylized facts about the relationship between business cycles and inequality. We study the cross-correlations of filtered series of inequality, on the one side, and macro-economic...

This paper argues that preferences for educational redistribution are not driven by income but by the level of education. While income and preferences for educational redistribution follow the conventional story – rich want less spending –, the level of education associates positively with...

In The Pinch David Willetts (2010) attracted attention by asking whether “the boomers have been guilty of a monumental failure to protect the interest of future generation” p xv. This was just the latest contribution to a long running concern of social policy analysts about horizontal equity...

We use input-output techniques to assess the contribution of patterns of final demand and consumption to the differing employment rates observed across six industrialized economies. The key concept utilised is the employment generated economy-wide in supplying each product or service to final...