TY - BOOK AU - Aidt,Toke AU - Tzannatos,Zafiris TI - Unions and collective bargaining: economic effects in a global environment T2 - Directions in development SN - 0821350803 AV - HD6971.5 .A35 2002 U1 - 337 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - World Bank KW - Collective bargaining KW - Labor unions KW - International trade KW - Collective Bargaining KW - Labor Unions KW - literature survey KW - ilot KW - World Bank pub KW - revue de littérature KW - tbit KW - pub Banque mondiale KW - artículo bibliográfico KW - toit KW - pub Banco Mundial N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-162) and index; Foreword; Mamphela Ramphele --; Preface; Robert Holzmann --; 1; Introduction and Summary --; 2; Economic Effects of Labor Standards --; 3; Collective Bargaining and Economic Performance -- A Short Review of the Theory --; 4; Empirical Evidence from Microeconomic Studies --; 5; Empirical Evidence from Macroeconomic Studies --; App. 1; Definition and Description of the Indicators of Bargaining Coordination --; App. 2; Substudies N2 - This book offers an extensive survey and synthesis of the economic literature on trade unions and collective bargaining and their impact on micro-and macro-economic outcomes. The authors demonstrate the effects of collective bargaining in different country settings and time periods. A comprehensive reference, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of labor policy as well as to policy makers and anyone with an interest in the economic consequences of unionism ER -