Unions and Collective Bargaining
Unions and Collective Bargaining

Author: Toke Aidt

Publisher: Directions in Development

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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This book offers an extensive survey and synthesis of the economic literature on trade unions and collective bargaining and their impact on micro-and macro-economic outcomes. The authors demonstrate the effects of collective bargaining in different country settings and time periods. A comprehensive reference, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of labor policy as well as to policy makers and anyone with an interest in the economic consequences of unionism.

Negotiating Our Way Up Collective Bargaining in a Changing World of Work
Negotiating Our Way Up Collective Bargaining in a Changing World of Work

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-11-18

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9264362576

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Collective bargaining and workers’ voice are often discussed in the past rather than in the future tense, but can they play a role in the context of a rapidly changing world of work? This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the functioning of collective bargaining systems and workers’ voice arrangements across OECD countries, and new insights on their effect on labour market performance today.

Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment
Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment

Author: Isabela Mares

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-02-13

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1107320909

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Why were European economies able to pursue the simultaneous commitment to full employment and welfare state expansion during the first decades of the postwar period and why did this virtuous relationship break down during recent decades? This book provides an answer to this question, by highlighting the critical importance of a political exchange between unions and governments, premised on wage moderation in exchange for the expansion of social services and transfers. The strategies pursued by these actors in these political exchanges are influenced by existing wage bargaining institutions, the character of monetary policy and by the level and composition of social policy transfers. The book demonstrates that the gradual growth in the fiscal burden has undermined the effectiveness of this political exchange, lowering the ability of unions' wage policies to affect employment outcomes.

Wage bargaining under the new European Economic Governance
Wage bargaining under the new European Economic Governance

Author: Guy Van Gyes

Publisher: ETUI

Published: 2015-09-28

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 2874523739

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Within the framework of the new European economic governance, neoliberal views on wages have further increased in prominence and have steered various reforms of collective bargaining rules and practices. As the crisis in Europe came to be largely interpreted as a crisis of competitiveness, wages were seen as the core adjustment variable for ‘internal devaluation’, the claim being that competitiveness could be restored through a reduction of labour costs. This book proposes an alternative view according to which wage developments need to be strengthened through a Europe-wide coordinated reconstruction of collective bargaining as a precondition for more sustainable and more inclusive growth in Europe. It contains major research findings from the CAWIE2 – Collectively Agreed Wages in Europe – project, conducted in 2014–2015 for the purpose of discussing and debating the currently dominant policy perspectives on collectively-bargained wage systems under the new European economic governance.

Institutional Conflicts and Complementarities
Institutional Conflicts and Complementarities

Author: Robert Franzese

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 147574062X

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This important collection presents an authoritative selection of papers on "Institutional Conflicts and Complementarities" This publication is intent on building bridges between economics and the other social sciences. The focus is on the interaction between monetary policy and wage bargaining institutions in European Monetary Union (EMU). Institutional Conflicts and Complementarities is written by acknowledged experts in their field. The outcome is a broad analysis of the interactions of labour market actors and central banks. The volume addresses the recent changes in EMU. An important theoretical, empirical, and policy-relevant conclusion that emerges from Institutional Conflicts and Complementarities is that even perfectly credible monetary conservatism has long-term real effects, even in equilibrium models with fully rational expectations.

Unemployment
Unemployment

Author: Richard Layard

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 9780199279173

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This broad survey of unemployment will be a major source of reference for both scholars and students.

What Do Unions Do?
What Do Unions Do?

Author: Richard B. Freeman

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 1985-10-01

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780465091324

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Study of the impact of trade unions on working conditions and labour relations in the USA - based on a comparison of unionized workers and nonunionized workers, examines wage determination, fringe benefits, wage differentials, employment security, labour productivity, etc.; discusses trade union power and incidence of corruption among trade union officers; notes declining rate of trade unionization in the private sector. Graphs and references.