“...It is nowadays accepted that labour market institutions matter in economic development. However, empirical studies on unions' effect are not univocal. We...”

“...Comparative institutional analyses have added much to our understanding of HRM in different countries, providing powerful arguments against the need for...”

“...In the late 1990s and into the early 2000s, Germany was often called “the sick man of Europe.” Indeed, Germany's economic growth averaged only about 1.2...”

“...Excessive fiscal spending is commonly cited as a root of the current European debt crisis. This article suggests, like others, that the rise of competitiveness...”

“...Within the framework of the new European economic governance, neoliberal views on wages have further increased in prominence and have steered various reforms...”

“...A number of authors have argued that the conventional model of unemployment dynamics due to Mortensen and Pissarides has difficulty accounting for the...”

“...This book addresses collective bargaining in an intertemporal monetary macroeconomy of the aggregate supply-aggregate demand (AS-AD) type with overlapping...”

“...Trade unions have a long history in countries all over the world and play a crucial role in the wages of employees through the mechanism of wage bargaining...”

“...Should civil servants (employees in the public sector) be allowed to bargain collectively? To answer this question, we construct a model of unionized mixed...”