Unionisation Structures and Innovation Incentives  

Oleh:

Haucap, Justus ; Wey, Christian

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Economic Journal (EBSCO) vol. 114 no. 494 (Mar. 2004), page C149-C165.
Topik: innovation; unionisation; innovation; incentives
Fulltext: C149.pdf (127.19KB)

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This paper examines how different unionisation structures affect firms' innovation incentives and industry employment. We distinguish three modes of unionisation with increasing degree of centralisation : (1) 'decentralisation' where wages are determined independently at the firm - level, (2) 'coordination' where one industry union sets individual wages for all firms and (3) 'centralisation' where an industry union sets a uniform wage rate for all firms. While firms' investment incentives are largest under 'centralisation', investment incentives are non - monotone in the degree of centralisation : 'decentralisation' carries higher investment incentives than 'coordination'. Labour market policy can spur innovation by decentralising unionisation structures or through non - discrimination rules.

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