05207nam 2200709Ia 450 991046573600332120200520144314.097866119441790-19-152988-51-281-94417-30-19-924658-0(CKB)2560000000293872(EBL)3052805(OCoLC)310915720(SSID)ssj0000089371(PQKBManifestationID)11126574(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089371(PQKBWorkID)10089807(PQKB)11760504(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073878(MiAaPQ)EBC3052805(Au-PeEL)EBL3052805(CaPaEBR)ebr10273259(CaONFJC)MIL194417(EXLCZ)99256000000029387220010312d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe 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.]Oxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20011 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-924657-2 0-19-159600-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. Conclusions3. 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 shocks5.4. 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 administration2.5. 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 fairly4.5. 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?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.Collective bargainingWagesElectronic books.Collective bargaining.Wages.331.88Boeri Tito39013Brugiavini Agar121290Calmfors Lars1948-128785Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465736003321The role of unions in the Twenty-first century2196527UNINA