LEADER 05173nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910807678903321 005 20230607230517.0 010 $a9786611944179 010 $a0-19-152988-5 010 $a1-281-94417-3 010 $a0-19-924658-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000293872 035 $a(EBL)3052805 035 $a(OCoLC)310915720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000089371 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11126574 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089371 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10089807 035 $a(PQKB)11760504 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073878 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3052805 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3052805 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273259 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL194417 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000293872 100 $a20010312d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe role of unions in the Twenty-first century$b[electronic resource] $ea report for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti /$fedited by Tito Boeri, Agar Brugiavini, Lars Calmfors, with Alison Booth ... [et al.] 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-924657-2 311 $a0-19-159600-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a3. 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 327 $a5.4. 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 Bergstro?m; 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 327 $a2.5. 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 327 $a4.5. 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? 327 $a6.2. What explains union policies towards welfare outcomes? 330 8 $aFocusing 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. 606 $aCollective bargaining 606 $aWages 615 0$aCollective bargaining. 615 0$aWages. 676 $a331.88 701 $aBoeri$b Tito$039013 701 $aBrugiavini$b Agar$0121290 701 $aCalmfors$b Lars$f1948-$0128785 712 02$aFondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807678903321 996 $aThe role of unions in the Twenty-first century$94066383 997 $aUNINA