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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792269903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2001

ISBN

9786611944179

0-19-152988-5

1-281-94417-3

0-19-924658-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoeriTito

BrugiaviniAgar

CalmforsLars <1948->

Disciplina

331.88

Soggetti

Collective bargaining

Wages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?

Sommario/riassunto

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.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557395403321

Autore

Griffith Daniel M

Titolo

Revisiting the Biome Concept with a Functional Lens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Soggetti

Ecological science, the Biosphere

Science: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact