The role of unions in the Twenty-first century : a report for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti / edited by Tito Boeri, Agar Brugiavini, Lars Calmfors, with Alison Booth ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boeri, Tito.

Brugiavini, Agar.

Calmfors, Lars, 1948-

Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective bargaining.

Wages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on the role and functions of trade unions, this collection of essays by a team of international scholars looks to the future and explores their broader political and social remits and responsibilities.

Contents:

Contents; List of Cotributors; Part I. The Future of Collective Bargaining in Europe; 1. Introduction; 2. Union Membership; 2.1. Membership trends in the twentieth century: increased cross-national variation; 2.2. Union membership decline; 2.3. Why join a trade union?; 2.4. Cyclical explanations of union membership developments; 2.5. Structural explanations; 2.6. Institutional explanations; 2.7. Centralization and unionization; 2.8. Some additional empirical evidence on union membership; 2.9. New organizing strategies; 2.10. Conclusions

3. Wage Bargaining, Union Power, and Economic Integration3.1. Review of literature on union wage effects: theory and evidence; 3.2. The impact of trade, integration, and FDI in Europe on union bargaining power; 3.3. Conclusions; 4. Wider Dimensions of Unions' Presence; 4.1. What else do European unions do?; 4.2. How do they do it?; 4.3. The future of union presence; 4.4. Conclusions; 5. Bargaining Structure and Macroeconomic Performance; 5.1. The conventional wisdom; 5.2. The interaction between bargaining structure and economic policy; 5.3. Bargaining structure and macroeconomic shocks

5.4. Bargaining structure and the EMU5.5. Conclusions; 6. The Future Prospects for Trade Unions in Europe; 6.1. Prospects for union membership; 6.2. Four scenarios for collective bargaining in the future; 6.3. Possible union strategies; Comments; Villy Bergström; Robert Flanagan; References; Part II. What do Unions do to the Welfare States?; 1. Introduction; 2. Unions' Involvement in the Welfare State; 2.1. Unions and the welfare state development; 2.2. Unions and membership structure; 2.3. Unions as a political movement; 2.4. Unions and social insurance administration

2.5. Unions and occupational welfare2.6. Institutional and political veto points; 3. Unions and Pensions: Theory, Evidence, and Implications; 3.1. What unions do to pensions: economic theory; 3.2. The importance of institutional setting; 3.3. What unions do in practice: empirical evidence on unions and pensions; 4. Learning from Welfare Reforms: The Case of Public Pensions; 4.1. Long-term and short-term reform pressures on pay-as-you-go systems; 4.2. Tax financing or payroll contributions?; 4.3. Reversing early retirement; 4.4. How to calculate benefits fairly

4.5. Privatization by mandated or voluntary occupational pensions?4.6. Towards more funded private pension systems; 4.7. Unilateral or negotiated reforms?; 5. Unions and Unemployment Insurance; 5.1. Unemployment insurance and the demand for union membership; 5.2. Unemployment insurance, wage bargaining, and unemployment; 5.3. How do unions influence unemployment insurance policies?; 5.4. Unemployment insurance reforms; 5.5. How could a Ghent system help other European countries?; 6. Conclusions; 6.1. Do unions interact with the welfare state? How do they do it?

6.2. What explains union policies towards welfare outcomes?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611944179

0-19-152988-5

1-281-94417-3

0-19-924658-0

OCLC:

310915720