Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/104093 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Munich Discussion Paper No. 2002-2
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München
Abstract: 
It is well known from the literature that a unionisation of labour markets leads to an increase in wages and a decrease in employment. However, in these models human capital formation is usually taken as given. This paper internalises the education decision and shows that a unionisation of the labour market for unskilled workers will also lead to an inefficiently low education level. We discuss the effects of an education subsidy. It will turn out that both the way of financing and the reaction of the trade union to tax rate changes are crucial for the employment and welfare effects.
Subjects: 
Human Capital
Unemployment
Subsidisation
JEL: 
H20
J51
J24
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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