Wage policy and the structure of collective bargaining systems have been neglected in the political and conomic discussions that centered around the European Monetary Union (EMU) to an amazing extent. Collective bargaining is one of the very few issues that have been explicitly excluded from the...

This paper examines how unionisation structures that differ in the degree of wage centralisation affect firms' incentives to increase labour productivity. We distinguish three modes of unionisation with increasing degree of centralisation. (1) "Decentralisation" where wages are determined...

This paper studies the employment effects of technological change when benefits are endogenous. If the (i) level of welfare aid depends on the general income level in the economy and (ii) wages for unskilled workers cannot fall below the level of welfare aid, there is a link between the wage for...

Sur la base des concepts d'identites ouvrieres et syndicales, qui seront redefinis dans la premiere section, il est propose dans cet article de mieux cerner l'impact sur le syndicalisme des transformations en cours dans les milieux de travail. Deux phenomenes majeurs ont ete retenus, soit...

This paper examines the relationship of growth and collective bargaining, when research and ordinary production employ two labour inputs, the households' saving behaviour is characterized by stochastic returns that follow a Poisson process, and wages are simultaneously determined by collective...

Hight- and Low-quality workers are organized in their respective unions. Downward compatibility of high-quality workers enhances the perceived work qualities of both groups and increases the demand for low-quality workers. Welfare effects are analysed.

L'auteure analyse les rapports entre la loi et la negociation collective dans le systeme des relations professionnelles, et constate la mutation profonde de ces rapports depuis environ vingt ans. La contribution que souhaite apporter Madame Morin est de preciser les donnees juridiques de ce...

This Paper investigates whether the industrial relations climate in Indian states has affected the pattern of manufacturing growth in the period 1958-92. We show that pro-worker amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act are associated with lowered investment, employment, productivity and output...

We analyse a 1960-96 panel of OECD countries to explain why the US has moved from relatively high to relatively low unemployment over the last three decades. We find that while macroeconomic and demographic shocks and changing labor market institutions explain a modest portion of this change,...