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Privatisation et négociation collective

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  • Mohamed Jellal

    (Groupe École Supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse - ESCT - Groupe École Supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse - ESCT)

  • François-Charles Wolff

    (LEN - Laboratoire d'économie de Nantes - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes)

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This article deals with the role of labor unions in the privatization movement for developing countries. We consider the case of a public monopoly whose workers are members of a trade union and examine the consequences of its privatization. When the trade union and the rm bargain over the level of employment, there exists an overemployment in the public rm while the private rm is characterized by a too low level of employment in order to reach the social optimum. The privatization can be socially desirable when the trade union has an important bargaining power and is characterized by a strong preference for employment. However, with the right-tomanage model, the privatization is never wishable.
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  • Mohamed Jellal & François-Charles Wolff, 2003. "Privatisation et négociation collective," Post-Print hal-03913185, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03913185
    DOI: 10.3917/edd.171.0073
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    Keywords

    Privatisation; syndicat; négociation; optimum social;
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    JEL classification:

    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
    • J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining

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