Short-term contracts and exogenous productivity growth are introduced in asimple wage bargaining model. The equilibrium … credible, but neverwhen strike is not credible. In the limit as time between bargaining roundsvanishes only the first paradox …

In many countries, notably across Europe, collective bargaining coverage is enhanced by government-issued extensions …

Several countries extend collective bargaining agreements to entire sectors, therefore binding non-subscriber workers …

councils. Their actions can shape multiple drivers of firm performance, including collective bargaining, strikes, and training … effects of union reps on firm-level wages, given the predominance of sectoral collective bargaining. …

their bargaining. These extensions may address coordination issues but may also distort competition by imposing sector … wage bills of independent contractors, who are not subject to labour law or collective bargaining, increases by over 1 …

How much value does collective bargaining add to the working conditions already established in general labour law? In … as 62% of those collective bargaining norms are exactly or virtually equal to the Labour Code; only 25% (an average of 16 … collective bargaining in Portugal has a relatively small role as a source of effective labour law. We also present several …

This paper contributes to a deeper understanding of sector-level bargaining systems and their role for labour market … performance. We compare two countries with seemingly similar collective bargaining systems, the Netherlands and Portugal, and … effectiveness of coordination across bargaining units; and iv) pro-active government policies to enhance trust and cooperation …