Collective bargaining systems and macroeconomic and microeconomic flexibility: The quest for appropriate institutional forms in advanced economies

This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, somewhat greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close attention is...

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Published in:IZA journal of labor policy 2016-01, Vol.5 (19), p.1-53, Article 19
Main Author: Addison, John T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bargaining coverage/structure/coordination
Classification
Collective bargaining
Comparative analysis
Coordination
Decentralization
Economic conditions
Economic growth
Economic Policy
Economic systems
Economics
Economics and Finance
Flexibility
Growth
Income distribution
Inequality
Labor Economics
Labor market
Machinery
Macroeconomics
Micro/macro flexibility
Original Article
Pacts
Population Economics
Public policy
Social pacts
Social Policy
Stabilization
Trust
Unemployment
Voice
Wages & salaries
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Summary:This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, somewhat greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close attention is also paid to changes in collective bargaining along the dimensions of bargaining coverage, structure, and coordination. Support is adduced for the German, contemporary Scandinavian, and British models. The role of trust in securing micro and macro flexibility also receives attention, suggesting that the polder or Dutch model might also be expected to populate the firmament of fit-for-purpose collective bargaining arrangements.
ISSN:2193-9004
2193-9004
DOI:10.1186/s40173-016-0075-8