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Unionisation structures and heterogeneous firms

Braun, Sebastian - 2009

The effects of unions on productivity and firm performance have been the topic of extensive research. Existing studies … of identical firms. This paper studies how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm … tougher selection among heterogeneous producers and thus increases average productivity, firm-level bargaining allows less …

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Welfare policy in the presence of unionised labour and internationally mobile firms

Rocha-Akis, Silvia; Schöb, Ronnie - 2010

In oligopolistic industries, increased cost saving opportunities via offshoring have a moderating effect on trade unions. In order to discourage mobile firms from leaving the country, unions accept lower sector wages. In effect, the negotiated wage becomes independent of workers' bargaining...

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Welfare policy in the presence of unionised labour and internationally mobile firms

Rocha-Akis, Silvia; Schöb, Ronnie - 2009

In oligopolistic industries that are unionised and may be affected by offshoring, falling offshoring costs have a moderating effect on trade unions. They will accept lower sector wages in order to discourage mobile forms from leaving the country. Since such wages are independent of the workers'...

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Has International Trade Affected Workers?Bargaining Power?

Brock, Ellen; Dobbelaere, Sabien - 2003

In this paper, we investigate whether international trade has affected workers?wages and their bargaining power in particular in the Belgian manufacturing industry over the period 1987-1995 by relying on a rent-sharing framework. Using a sample of more than 12 000 firms, we find that...

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Trade and Race-to-the-bottom Wage Competition

Persyn, Damiaan - 2006

This paper looks at how increasing economic integration affects wage bargaining between unions and firms if firms are internationally mobile. Using a simple NEG model we find that if firms are perfectly mobile, countries are sufficiently symmetric and wages are bargained over at the firm level...

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Unionisation Structures and Innovation Incentives

Haucap, Justus; Wey, Christian - 2003

This paper examines how different unionisation structures affect firms' innovation incentives and industry employment. We distinguish three modes of unionisation with increasing degree of centralisation: (1) 'Decentralisation' where wages are determined independently at the firm-level, (2)...

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The Effect of Globalization on Union Bargaining and Price-Cost Margins of Firms

Abraham, Filip; Konings, Jozef; Vanormelingen, Stijn - 2007

In recent years, Europe has witnessed an accelerated process of economic integration. Trade barriers were removed, the euro was introduced and ten new member states have joined the European Union. This paper analyzes how this process of increased economic integration has affected labor and...

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Price and wage setting in an integrating Europe: firm level evidence

Abraham, Filip; Konings, Jozef; Vanormelingen, Stijn - 2006

Europe has witnessed the last decade an accelerated process of economic integration. Trade barriers were removed, the euro was introduced and ten new member states entered the European Union. Economic integration is likely to have an impact on both labor and product markets. Unlike most other...

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Labor Market Imperfections, Markups and Productivity in Multinationals and Exporters

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Kiyota, Kozo - 2017

-setting power) and (iii) revenue productivity. We apply this framework to analyze whether the pricing behavior of firms in product …

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Labor market imperfections, markups and productivity in multinationals and exporters

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Kiyota, Kozo - 2017

-setting power) and (iii) revenue productivity. We apply this framework to analyze whether the pricing behavior of firms in product …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819506