Titel:The labor market effects of trade unions: Layard meets Melitz
Autor:de Pinto, Marco
Weitere Verfasser:Michaelis, Jochen
Veröffentlicht:2014
URI:https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/es/2024/0320
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17192/es2024.0320
ISSN: 1867-3678
DDC:330 Wirtschaft
Publikationsdatum:2024-01-12
Lizenz:https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0

Dokument

Schlagwörter:
lobbying, Trade unions, trade liberalization.

Summary:
Trade unions are typically able to convert their industrial power into political power. We show that, depending on the parameter constellation, stronger trade unions may be welfare-improving in terms of an increase in aggregate employment and output, if they successfully lobby for lower trade barriers set by the government.


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