Abstract

Part 1 Unions as organizations: the microeconomic theory of the trade union, J.Oswald labour union objectives and collective bargaining, D.H.Blair and D.L.Crawford union wages, temporary layoffs and seniority, G.M.Grossman the determination of the union status of workers, H.S.Farbe. Part 2 Union/employers relations: longitudinal analyses of the effects of trade unions, R.B.Freeman wage bargaining and employment, I.M.McDonald and R.M.Solow trade unions and optimal labour contracts, H.Horrn and L.E.O.Svensson testing the efficiency of employment contracts, J.N.Brown and O.Ashenfelter bargaining and strikes, G.Hart an investigation into the determinants of US strike activity, J.S.Tracy. Part 3 Unions and macroeconomic performance: unemployment, G.J.Blanchard and L.H.Summers long-term unemployment and macroeconomic policy, A.Lindberg and D.J.Snower macroecomic stabilization policy and trade union behaviour as a repeated game, J.Driffill the rise in unemployment - a multi-country study, C.R.Bean et al the regulation of inflation and unemployment, E.Tarantelli.

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