Coordination through collective bargaining is recognised as an influential determinant of
labour market outcomes and macroeconomic performance. This article provides a …

During the last few decades, human dynamics, institutional change, political relations and
the global environment have become successively more intertwined. While increased global …

This book examines the economic effects of unions and collective bargaining. Although the
study is based on a large and detailed literature survey (covering more than 1,000 primary …

This book is about how much people earn and why the distribution of earnings has been
changing over time. The gap between the top and bottom in the United States has widened …

The small open economies in Scandinavia have for long periods had high work effort, small
wage differentials, high productivity, and a generous welfare state. To understand how this …

This chapter examines the impact of wage-setting institutions and government policies on
wages and employment, focusing on the OECD countries. There is considerable evidence …

With the advent of the third and final phase of European and Monetary Union (EMU), the
debate over European monetary unification is at the top of the political and economic …

The authors present important research showing that corporatist institutions generate
smaller non-competitive wage differentials than a decentralized system. A theoretical …

We investigate the effects of wage compression through centralized collective bargaining
when growth depends on the continual reallocation of labor from older, less productive …

Almost three decades ago, James Perry created the first survey instrument to measure
public service motivation. Since then, social and behavioural scientists have intensively …