Economic Models of Trade Unions

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This collection of papers on current economic research on trade unions is concerned with the quantitative analysis of trade unions' behaviour and impact. In particular, it compares the results of theoretical developments with empirical studies in each area of research.

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Part 1 Unions as organizations: the microeconomic theory of the trade union, J.Oswald; labour union objectives and collective bargaining, D.H.Blair and D.L.Crawford; union wages, temporary layoffs and seniority, G.M.Grossman; the determination of the union status of workers, H.S.Farbe. Part 2 Union/employers relations: longitudinal analyses of the effects of trade unions, R.B.Freeman; wage bargaining and employment, I.M.McDonald and R.M.Solow; trade unions and optimal labour contracts, H.Horrn and L.E.O.Svensson; testing the efficiency of employment contracts, J.N.Brown and O.Ashenfelter; bargaining and strikes, G.Hart; an investigation into the determinants of US strike activity, J.S.Tracy. Part 3 Unions and macroeconomic performance: unemployment, G.J.Blanchard and L.H.Summers; long-term unemployment and macroeconomic policy, A.Lindberg and D.J.Snower; macroecomic stabilization policy and trade union behaviour as a repeated game, J.Driffill; the rise in unemployment - a multi-country study, C.R.Bean et al; the regulation of inflation and unemployment, E.Tarantelli.