Collective Bargaining, Macroeconomic Performance, and the Sectoral Composition of Trade Unions

TY - JOUR

T1 - Collective Bargaining, Macroeconomic Performance, and the Sectoral Composition of Trade Unions

AU - Traxler, Franz

AU - Brandl, Bernd

PY - 2010/1

Y1 - 2010/1

N2 - Strong exposed-sector unions and weak public-sector unions are seen as having beneficial effects on macroeconomic performance. Although these effects must work through the bargaining structure, the interaction with union composition is unclarified. This paper argues that the interaction effect qualitatively differs with the bargaining type. The findings show that the performance of pattern bargaining significantly increases with growing exposed-sector union strength whereas uncoordinated bargaining and centrally coordinated bargaining do not interact with union composition.

AB - Strong exposed-sector unions and weak public-sector unions are seen as having beneficial effects on macroeconomic performance. Although these effects must work through the bargaining structure, the interaction with union composition is unclarified. This paper argues that the interaction effect qualitatively differs with the bargaining type. The findings show that the performance of pattern bargaining significantly increases with growing exposed-sector union strength whereas uncoordinated bargaining and centrally coordinated bargaining do not interact with union composition.

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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00589.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00589.x

M3 - Article

SN - 1468-232X

VL - 49

SP - 91

EP - 115

JO - Industrial relations

JF - Industrial relations

IS - 1

ER -