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Mindestlohn von 12 Euro: Auswirkungen und Perspektiven
The introduction of the minimum wage in Germany in 2015 is widely regarded as a success because it has led to substantial wage increases for low wage...
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Collective bargaining systems and macroeconomic and microeconomic flexibility: the quest for appropriate institutional forms in advanced economies
This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the...
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The dog that barks doesn’t bite: coverage and compliance of sectoral minimum wages in Italy
AbstractThis paper provides a comprehensive portrait of the level and compliance with sectoral minimum wages in Italy between 2008 and 2015. The...
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Drivers and effects of labour market reforms: Evidence from a novel policy compendium
The paper analyses the determinants and short-term effects of labour market reforms, using information from a novel policy compendium that covers 110...
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Industry-wide work rules and productivity: evidence from Argentine union contract data
AbstractIn the early 1990’s, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms and unions at low levels...
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Stabileres Tarifvertragssystem durch Stärkung der Allgemeinverbindlicherklärung?
The declaration of the general binding of collective agreements plays a minor role in Germany compared to other European countries. In particular,...
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Tarifeinheit versus Tarifpluralität: Konfliktintensität von Verhandlungen
In some industries, wage negotiations are conducted not only by labour unions covering the whole sector but also by craft unions representing single...
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Betriebliche Bündnisse für Beschäftigung in der Krise 2008/2009 erfolgreich
The favourable employment records of the German economy during the crisis 2008/2009 is related to the pacts for employment and competitiveness...
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Is there a signalling role for public wages? Evidence for the euro area based on macro data
Do public sector wages have an influence in the determination of private sector wages? This article tries to isolate the pure signalling effect that...
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The Effects of Beliefs Versus Risk Attitude on Bargaining Outcomes
In bargaining environments with uncertain disagreement or “impasse” outcomes (e.g., litigation or labor strike outcomes), there is an identification...
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Intersectoral wage linkages: the case of Sweden
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether wage-setting in certain sectors of the Swedish economy affects wage-setting in other sectors. The...
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An Empirical Analysis Of Industrial Disputes: Evidence From Indian States
This paper investigates the determinants of industrial disputes using data for fourteen major states of India over fifteen years from 1981 to 1996....
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Efficiency wages and union-firm bargaining with private information
We consider efficiency wage effects in a union-firm bargaining model with private information. We show that an increase in the efficiency wage...