Institutions, Bargaining Power and Labor Shares

Benjamin Bental and Dominique Demougin ()

No SFB649DP2006-009, SFB 649 Discussion Papers from Humboldt University, Collaborative Research Center 649

Abstract: We use a static framework characterized by both moral hazard and holdup problems. In the model the optimal allocation of bargaining power balances these frictions. We examine the impact of improved monitoring on that optimal allocation and its impact upon effort, investment, profits and rents. The model’s predictions are consistent with the recent evolution of labor shares, wages per efficiency units and the ratio of labor in efficiency units to capital in several OECD countries. The model suggests further that improvement in monitoring may also play a key role in understanding opposition to institutional reforms in the labor market.

Keywords: moral hazard; hold up; bargaining; labor share (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-01
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