Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/209121 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2019-61
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The paper's main objective is to analyze the collective bargaining response in terms of internal flexibility during the Great Recession (GR) in five EU countries (Spain, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom), and three economic sectors (industry, commerce and hospitality, and financial services and real estate), at the establishment level (ECS2013 database). The theoretical frame-work used is linked to the varieties of unionism. Using a descriptive statistical analysis and a probit model, this paper presents new evidences. However, the responses were heterogeneous between countries and sectors, the use of internal functional flexibility has been more intense than the numerical and salary internal flexibility. Moreover, it is related to the intensity of GR. These results, in general, while requiring a more detailed analysis of the effects of the GR on internal flexibility in the EU countries, contribute to introducing a new perspective in the socioeconomic literature about the collective bargaining and internal flexibility.
Subjects: 
China
collective bargaining
internal flexibility
Great Recession
establishment level
JEL: 
J51
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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