Unions and Collective Bargaining : Economic Effects in a Global Environment

The development of industrial relations in different countries, can be essential in their efforts to balance competitiveness, with equitable wages, and improved working conditions. Consequently, a well-functioning labor market is essential for solid economic performance, as well as future economic growth, and, for the well-being of workers, and their families. And, the effects of globalization on workers, on firms, and on macroeconomic performance, relate critically to labor institutions such as, trade unions, and dispute resolution mechanisms. "Unions and Collective Bargaining" is a comprehensive, reference book which evaluates the economic effects of unions, and collective bargaining. This book provides a detailed survey, and synthesis of the economic literature on trade unions, and collective bargaining, and their impact on micro- and macroeconomic outcomes. It shows the effects of collective bargaining in different country settings and time periods.

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Main Authors: Aidt, Toke, Tzannatos, Zafiris
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2002
Subjects:TRADE UNIONS, UNIONS, LABOR MARKET ECONOMETRIC MODELS, ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM, WORKERS PARTICIPATION, GLOBALIZATION, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, POVERTY INCIDENCE, LABOR STANDARDS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, ECONOMIC POLICY & PLANNING, WAGE LAW & LEGISLATION, BARGAINING, COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS, SOCIAL PARTICIPATION ADVERSE EFFECTS, CENTRALIZATION, CHILD LABOR, COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, COMPETITIVENESS, COMPULSORY LABOR, DISEQUILIBRIUM, ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, ECONOMIC EFFECTS, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OUTCOMES, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMICS, ECONOMISTS, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS, EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, EQUILIBRIUM, EXTERNALITIES, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION, FULL EMPLOYMENT, FUTURE RESEARCH, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GNP, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, HIRING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, INCOME, INDEPENDENT WORKERS, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, INFLATION, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION, JOB MOBILITY, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR SUPPLY, LAYOFFS, LEGISLATION, MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, MARGINAL UTILITY, MARKET COMPETITION, MARKET INSTITUTIONS, MARKET POWER, MONOPOLIES, NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES, POLICY DECISIONS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCT MARKETS, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PROMOTION, SENIORITY, SOCIAL PROTECTION, STAFF, STRIKES, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TURNOVER, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNIONIZATION, WAGE DIFFERENTIALS, WAGES, WOMEN WORKERS, WORKERS, WORKING CONDITIONS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/1989003/unions-collective-bargaining-economic-effects-global-environment
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15241
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