Unions and microeconomic performance: A look at what matters for economists (and employers)

Tzannatos, Zafiris; Aidt, Toke S.

doi:10.1111/j.1564-913x.2006.tb00035.x

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“…The findings on the effects of trade unions and collective bargaining on productivity and innovation are more ambiguous; studies have variously found positive, negative and insignificant effects (Tzannatos and Aidt 2006;Turnbull 2003;Doucouliagos, Freeman and Laroche 2017).…”

Section: An Enabling Environment For Sustainable Enterprisesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Bober¹,

Manrique²,

Hayter³

et al. 2022

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Examines the role of collective bargaining in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on employment and earnings, helping to cushion inequality while reinforcing the resilience of enterprises and labour markets. based on the analysis of national legislation in 125 countries, the gathering of data on the regulatory coverage of collective agreements in 98 countries, and examination of the content of 512 collective agreements, supplemented by in-depth country studies and interviews with key informants in 21 countries across different regions and income levels, surveys of trade unions and employers’ organizations, and data from secondary sources.

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Section: An Enabling Environment For Sustainable Enterprisesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Bober¹,

Manrique²,

Hayter³

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“…The empirical literature concerning the effects of unions on productivity and growth is rich in evidence, despite being often contradictory in nature. The review of the effects of unions on productivity by Tzannatos and Aidt (2006) reports some problems with the methodological approach taken. The production function model, which is often used in estimating the differential in productivity between union-and non-union-covered firms, suffers from drawbacks concerning the misspecification of the measurement problem (higher productivity in the unionised firms does not necessarily imply that they are more efficient), simultaneity bias (endogeneity of the input mix) or omitted variable bias (the role of the management) (p. 261).…”

Section: Unions Efficiency Wages and Growthmentioning

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The efficiency wages perspective to wage rigidity in the open economy: a survey

Stavrevska

2011

International Journal of Manpower

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Purpose -The purpose of the paper was to establish the implications of globalisation for labour markets when efficiency wages create endogenous wage rigidity and to re-examine the credibility of the arguments that call for deregulation, more wage flexibility and less social protection in this context. Design/methodology/approach -The role of efficiency wages is reviewed in the traditional international economics theory, new economic geography and the neo-Schumpeterian perspective towards international competitiveness. Findings -First, taking into account endogenous sources of wage rigidity has different implications for employment, inequality, regional growth convergence and the role of the welfare state in the context of international competitiveness, from those derived when assuming them away or taking them as imposed by labour market institutions. Second, policies that would substantially reduce social security or lead to cost-cuts may have an adverse effect on effort and thus on productivity. Originality/value -To the author's knowledge, this paper is the only review in the literature that concentrates on efficiency wages applied in international trade.

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“…The benefits of collective bargaining on countries' economies-at both macro and micro levels-and on the actors involved in each of these aspects (Table 1) have been widely addressed in the scientific literature (Adam et al 2021;Addison 2016;Tzannatos 2002, 2008;Garnero 2021;Tzannatos and Aidt 2006;Vaughan-Whitehead and Vazquez-Alvarez 2018;Vernon and Rogers 2013).…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Collective Bargaining: The Future of Labour Relations after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rueda-López,

Muñoz-Doyague,

Aja-Valle

et al. 2023

Economies

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This research presents a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on collective bargaining between 2012 and 2021. The main objective of this research is to analyze how scientific research on collective bargaining has evolved during this period and to identify current trends and future lines of research on the institution of governance of labor relations. For this purpose, 1676 documents collected in the Web of Science Core Collection and 1971 in Scopus have been analyzed. This analysis has made it possible to determine which have been the scientific papers with the greatest impact, the most relevant researchers, and the most used keywords. As a contribution, note the classification made in relation to which are the most relevant scientific journals, the most cited papers, or the most influential researchers in the field of collective bargaining. As conclusions and future lines of research identified, this research points out the need to delve into studies related to the promotion of dialogue between human resources management and the legal representation of workers about working conditions that positively affect workplace well-being, as well as investigations related to the power and legitimacy of negotiation by social and economic agents.

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Unions and microeconomic performance: A look at what matters for economists (and employers)

Cited by 5 publications

References 55 publications

Social dialogue report 2022

Social dialogue report 2022

The efficiency wages perspective to wage rigidity in the open economy: a survey

A Bibliometric Analysis of Collective Bargaining: The Future of Labour Relations after the COVID-19 Pandemic

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