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Underemployment, Capital Irreversibility and Growth under Trade Unionism

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  • de la Croix, David

    (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) ; Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS))

  • Licandro, Omar

    (University Carlos III, Madrid)

Abstract

In an unionized OLG model, it is shown that steady-state underutilization of labour and equipment can be due to the combinaison of the following elements : (i) Irreversibility of capital, technology and skill decision, (ii) Firm specific shocks on productivity. The presence of unions is neither sufficient nor necessary for having unemployment. The result of Devereux and Lockwood (1991) that union power affects positively the capital stock in general equilibrium does not always hold under capital irreversibility.

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  • de la Croix, David & Licandro, Omar, 1994. "Underemployment, Capital Irreversibility and Growth under Trade Unionism," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 1994003, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvir:1994003
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    Cited by:

    1. Luca Gori & Luciano Fanti, 2009. "Right-to-manage unions endogenous growth and welfare," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 29(2), pages 903-917.
    2. Daniel Cardona & Fernando Sanchez Losada, 2003. "Union Power, Minimum Wage Legislation, Endogenous Labor Supplies and Production," Working Papers in Economics 105, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.
    3. Erling Steigum, 2001. "Trade Unions and the Burden of the Public Debt," CESifo Working Paper Series 587, CESifo.

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    Keywords

    unemployment; underutilization; irreversibility; investment; union power;
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    JEL classification:

    • D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General

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