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New Survey Evidence on Recent Changes in UK Union Recognition
Blanden, Jo; Machin, Stephen; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2005
companies with higher wages, higher productivity and higher capital intensity. The 'blip up' in new recognitions is consistent … with the idea that the incoming Labour government had a positive effect on the ability of unions to gain recognition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797237
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Labour market institutions in small Pacific island countries: Main guidelines for labour market reforms
Malo, Miguel Á. - 2017
This report consists of a comprehensive overview of labour market institutions in the small Pacific island countries in order to propose recommendations to improve the performance of their labour markets. We pay particular attention to three countries: Fiji, Palau and Papua New Guinea. We focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700836
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Worker Representation and Temporary Employment in Germany: The Deployment and Extent of Fixed-Term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Grunau, Philipp; … - 2018
This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816650
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Labour market institutions in small Pacific island countries : main guidelines for labour market reforms
Malo Ocaña, Miguel Angel - 2017
This report consists of a comprehensive overview of labour market institutions in the small Pacific island countries in order to propose recommendations to improve the performance of their labour markets. We pay particular attention to three countries: Fiji, Palau and Papua New Guinea. We focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115200
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Worker representation and temporary employment in Germany : the deployment and extent of fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Grunau, Philipp; … - 2018
This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810125
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Rural labour markets and rural conflict in Spain before the Civil War (1931-1936)
Domenech, Jordi - Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, … - 2012
This paper looks at the causes of rural conflict in 1930s Spain. Rather than stressing bottom-up forces of mobilisation linked to poor harvests and rural unemployment or the inability of the state to enforce reformist legislation, this paper explores the role of state policy in sorting out the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650198
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Chinese unions and enterprises performance
Fang, Tony; Ge, Ying - 2013
unions are remarkable: unions in the workplace significantly improve productivity but reduce enterprise profitability …This paper uses the national firm level survey data to investigate the effects of Chinese unions on firm performance …. We show that Chinese unions have a strong "State-Party voice" face and a "collective voice" face but lack of "monopoly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229934
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Unionization structures and firms incentives for productivity enhancing investments
Haucap, Justus; Wey, Christian - 2002
' incentives to increase labor productivity. We distinguish three modes of unionization with increasing degree of centralization … firms' productivity differences remain small. Otherwise, workers prefer an intermediate degree of centralization, which … unionization structures or by imposing non-discrimination rules on monopoly unions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278045
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What does codetermination do?
Jäger, Simon; Noy, Shakked; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021
We provide a comprehensive overview of codetermination, i.e., worker representation in firms' governance and management. We cover the institution's history, implementation, and the best available evidence on its economic impacts. We argue that existing quasi-experimental estimates suggest that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550237
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Unionization Structures and Firms' Incentives for Productivity Enhancing Investments
Haucap, Justus; Wey, Christian - Abteilung "Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und industrieller … - 2002
' incentives to increase labor productivity. We distinguish three modes of unionization with increasing degree of centralization … firms' productivity differences remain small. Otherwise, workers prefer an intermediate degree of centralization, which … unionization structures or by imposing non-discrimination rules on monopoly unions. <br> <br> <i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005612412