Wage Bargaining, Employment, and Union Power: The Right-to-Manage Approach

Böhm V, Claas O (2014) Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers; 502.
Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics.

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This paper analyzes the implications of right-to-manage wage bargaining between a producers' syndicate and a workers' union representing finite numbers of identical members in a monetary macroconomic model of the AS-AD type with government activity. At given prices and price expectations, nominal wages are set according to a Nash bargaining agreement. Producers then choose labor demand and commodity supply to maximize profits at given output prices. The commodity market clears in a competitive fashion. Unique temporary equilibria are shown to exist for each level of relative power of the union. These equilibria may exhibit under- or overemployment, depending on the level of union power. The paper presents a complete comparative-statics analysis of the temporary equilibrium, in particular of the role of union power on employment, wages, and income distribution, including a variety of different qualitative features compared to the situation under efficient bargaining. These differences arise primarily from a supply-side effect of union power under the right-to-manage approach as compared to a demand-side effect under efficient bargaining. In addition, the dynamic evolution under perfect foresight is monotonic with two co-existing balanced steady states, one of which is stable under certain conditions. These properties are qualitatively identical to those under efficient bargaining or under perfect competition.
Stichworte
Collective Bargaining; Nash Bargaining; Union Power; Aggregate Supply-Aggregate Demand; Government Deficits; Perfect Foresight; Dynamics; Stability
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Serientitel
Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers
Band
502
Seite(n)
35
ISSN
0931-6558
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2675338

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Böhm V, Claas O. Wage Bargaining, Employment, and Union Power: The Right-to-Manage Approach. Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers. Vol 502. Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics; 2014.
Böhm, V., & Claas, O. (2014). Wage Bargaining, Employment, and Union Power: The Right-to-Manage Approach (Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers, 502). Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics.
Böhm, Volker, and Claas, Oliver. 2014. Wage Bargaining, Employment, and Union Power: The Right-to-Manage Approach. Vol. 502. Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers. Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics.
Böhm, V., and Claas, O. (2014). Wage Bargaining, Employment, and Union Power: The Right-to-Manage Approach. Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers, 502, Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics.
Böhm, V., & Claas, O., 2014. Wage Bargaining, Employment, and Union Power: The Right-to-Manage Approach, Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers, no.502, Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics.
V. Böhm and O. Claas, Wage Bargaining, Employment, and Union Power: The Right-to-Manage Approach, Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers, vol. 502, Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics, 2014.
Böhm, V., Claas, O.: Wage Bargaining, Employment, and Union Power: The Right-to-Manage Approach. Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers, 502. Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld (2014).
Böhm, Volker, and Claas, Oliver. Wage Bargaining, Employment, and Union Power: The Right-to-Manage Approach. Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics, 2014. Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers. 502.
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