We survey recent microeconometric research on investment and employment that has used
panel data on individual firms or plants. We focus on model specification and econometric …

This book examines the economic effects of unions and collective bargaining. Although the
study is based on a large and detailed literature survey (covering more than 1,000 primary …

This paper examines the importance of distinguishing between 'insiders' and 'outsiders' in
models of union‐firm bargaining. In general, insiders are those workers already established …

This paper derives, and then estimates, a model of employment where unions and firms
bargain over wages and possibly employment, and efficiency wage considerations may be …

Technological progress in western economies has contributed to an immense rise in
productivity, incomes and goods available over the last hundred years. Though not to the …

There has been significant interest recently both in the empirical investigation of the
determinants of trade union membership, in the UK and elsewhere, and in the theoretical …

The scope of firm–union bargaining is shown to be endogenously determined in a union–
oligopoly model with decentralized negotiations. If the unions' power is sufficiently high, all …

This article explores the McDonald and Solow (1981) conjecture that the outcome from a
bargain over wages and employment can be approximately achieved by a bargain over …

This book examines human capital investment, employment and bargaining at the level of
the firm. It attempts the first summary of results that incorporates both human capital …

A simple framework is specified which is suitable for testing the relationship between the
length of the working day and wages per hour. The relationship is tested on Norwegian …