Collective Bargaining Through the Magnifying Glass : A Comparison Between the Netherlands and Portugal /

Since the global financial crisis, sector-level bargaining has come under renewed scrutiny. While in Southern Europe, the crisis raised concerns about the role of collective bargaining as an obstacle to labor market adjustment, in Northern Europe it was perceived more favourably and, according to so...

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Auteur principal: Hijzen, Alexander
Autres auteurs: Martins, Pedro, Parlevliet, Jante
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/275
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF
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