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Efficient Labour Contracts: Impediments and How to Circumvent Them

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Efficient labour contracts on wages and employment could contribute to a reduction in unemployment in Europe. Their implementation is hindered by institutional settings and asymmetric incentives at different levels of the bargaining process. Employed workers have no incentives to forego wage increases at the firm level for potential employment gains, while employers’ federations possess no means to guarantee an employment increase for the sector covered by a wage agreement. Decentralization of wage bargaining does not solve this incentive problem. It is demonstrated that the introduction of marketable certificates may reduce the asymmetric incentive effects enabling contracts with higher employment.

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  • Peter Winker, 2000. "Efficient Labour Contracts: Impediments and How to Circumvent Them," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 14(3), pages 373-392, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:labour:v:14:y:2000:i:3:p:373-392
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00138
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    1. Akyol, Metin & Neugart, Michael & Pichler, Stefan, 2015. "A tradable employment quota," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 48-63.

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