I study how firms adapt to exogenous changes in labor costs induced by collective bargaining agreements. I use data on … collective bargaining agreements in Sweden and study the impact of the nationwide bargaining that took place in 2004. I make a … increase average wages (1.3%) and to grow faster (2.7%) both in terms of employment and sales, while profitability decreases …

-and firm-level fixed effects show that decentralized wage bargaining leads to distinct outcomes for different employee groups …

collective bargaining agreements, to study the interactions between wage floors and wage cushions and quantify the impact of … sectoral wage floors. Although wages exhibit a "spike" at the wage floor, a typical worker receives a 20% premium over the … wages to covary with firm-specific productivity, even within sectoral agreements. Contract negotiations tend to raise all …

inequality for women. At the establishment level, we compare average wages under firm-level and sectoral bargaining, controlling …-specific contracting raises average wages, with a pattern of effects that tends to increase inequality relative to sectoral bargaining for …In Spain, as in several other European countries, sectoral bargaining agreements are automatically extended to cover …

, firms' profits and employment. It is shown that trade unions may find it optimal to accept lower wages to prevent firms from …

This paper presents information on wage bargaining institutions, collected using a standardized questionnaire. Our data … minimum wage. Most countries negotiate wages on several levels, the sectoral level still being the most dominant, with an … increasingly important role for bargaining at the firm level. The average length of collective bargaining agreements is found to …

In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined by industry-level agreements. In … authors of this paper use unique linked employer-employee data from a 2003 survey in Belgium to examine how these bargaining … firms and for differences in characteristics between bargaining regimes. Moreover, in centralized industries, rent …

industry-level or firm-level contracts is associated with higher wages. Yet individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm …Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the sectoral level or at the firm level; collective bargaining … dimensions of union influence on the structure of wages. Ceteris paribus, a higher share of employees in a firm covered by …

collective bargaining, existence of a works council, and union density - within a four-equation model. We find an insignificant …