Social Dialogue Regimes: Worker Rights, Collective Bargaining and Negotiated Policy-Making
Annual Call for Projects 2003
Keywords
Collective Bargaining - Freedom of AssociationSummary
This research project promises to generate important information on the desirability of particular labour market institutions and on the conditions in which these institutional configurations are sustainable. The project team will analyse the structural determinants (economic, social, cultural and institutional) as well as the socio-economic outcomes of "social dialogue regimes," i.e. socio-political regimes in which workers have the freedom to establish organisations of their own choosing, negotiate collectively over working conditions and participate through their associations in the design and implementation of policies that affect their lives. Not much is known about the conditions in which social dialogue regimes emerge and reproduce themselves over time and about the socio-economic outcomes (including macroeconomic performance) associated with them, in spite of the topic's importance. The area is dominated by two schools of thought. On one hand, it is often argued that questions about worker rights, collective bargaining and negotiated policy-making can only be meaningfully addressed after countries reach a certain stage of development. The other point of view affirms that negotiated regulation is desirable not only for its ethical and political properties but that it also has beneficial economic effects, because it contributes to ruling out the possibility of self-defeating approaches to economic development.
The grant provided by the GIAN for this project totals SFr 248,800
Project Team
Prof. Gilbert Ritschard , Coordinator, Department of Econometry , Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (SES) , University of Geneva (Unige) .
Prof. Jean-Michel Bonvin , Principal Member, Department of Sociology , Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (SES) , University of Geneva (Unige) .
Dr. Jean-Pierre Laviec , Principal Member, International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) , International Labour Organisation (ILO) .
Prof. Djamel A. Zighed , Principal Member, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management , University Lyon 2 .
Dr. Lucio Baccaro , Former Coordinator, International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) , International Labour Organisation (ILO) .
Ms Patricia O'Donovan , Former Member, Programme on Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration (DIALOGUE) , Social Dialogue Sector (DIALOGUE) , International Labour Organisation (ILO) .
Research Output
Social Dialogue Regimes: Application of ILO Conventions on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
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Automatic Text Annotating: Methodology
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Automatic Treatment of Legal Texts
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