How do firm‐level collective agreements affect firm performance in a multi‐level bargaining
system? Using detailed Belgian‐linked employer–employee panel data, our findings show …

We investigate how trade unions influence the process of technological change at the
workplace level. Using matched employer-employee data, comprising all Norwegian …

In theoretical trade models with variable mark‐ups and collective wage bargaining,
exposure to international markets might reduce the exporter wage premium. We test this …

In this paper we present a search and matching model with unions in which firms invest in
sunk capital equipment. By comparing two wage setting scenarios, we show that a two-tier …

Republic of South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic An Incomplete Transition: Overcoming
the Legacy of Exclusion in South Africa Background note Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and …

We present theoretical and empirical evidence challenging results from early studies that
found unions were detrimental to workplace innovation. Under our theoretical model, which …

The main goal of this paper is to investigate the relationship between labor market
institutions (LMIs) and patents in 177 NUTS-1 and NUTS-2 European regions. Fixed effects …

This study analyses employers' support for the introduction of industry‐specific minimum
wages as a cost‐raising strategy in order to deter market entry. Using a unique data set …

We apply a shift-share approach and historical unionisation data from 1918 to study the
impact of regional unionisation changes in Norway on regional wage and productivity …

The impact of trade liberalization on a country's labor market situation is a core issue in
modern trade theory. For a world with homogeneous firms, homogeneous workers and …