The essay analyses potential new development in industrial relations research as well as theoretical studies on the relationship between economics and sociology. The paper focuses also on the role of "Stato e Mercato" in the international scientific debate as well as on the roles scientific...

The article focuses on the relationship between collective bargaining and social security provisions in a sector of atypical employment, the Temporary Agency Work, in Italy. Analysing contents and impact of collective bargaining in this sector, we underline that collective bargaining has...

Die Europäische Kommission strebt eine engere Koordinierung der nationalen Lohnpolitiken an. Die Sozialpartner stehen diesem Streben ablehnend gegenüber, weil sie darin einen gravierenden Eingriff in die Tarifautonomie sehen. Auch wenn eine verbindliche Koordinierung vor dem Hintergrund der...

The paper discusses two broad possible future developments of industrial relations in Italy and elsewhere: the decentralisation of bargaining and the factors behind the general weakness of unions in Italy and many other industrialised countries. As for the former it is argued that the...

In the post-WWII period, industrial relations in advanced economies have gone through three main stages of development. During the first stage, corresponding to the rise of the Keynesian welfare state, two distinct models of regulation of labour emerged. What has been called the...

We study in this paper both theoretically and empirically the influence of trade union rights in origin countries on bilateral migration flows. Theoretically, trade union rights are supposed to increase the bargaining power of workers. Alternatively, it may benefit only to formal workers if...

We study in this paper both theoretically and empirically the influence of trade union rights in origin countries on bilateral migration flows. Theoretically, trade union rights are supposed to increase the bargaining power of workers. Alternatively, it may benefit only to formal workers if...