Reforming Bismarckian Corporatism: The Changing Role of Social Partnership in Continental Europe

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard

doi:10.1017/9789048512454.011

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“…Reforms of social policies and their financing have been advocated in order to mitigate their alleged adverse effects on economic growth and employment (OECD, 1994;Carone & Salomäki, 2001). Not only the Governments but also unions and employers' organizations play a role in the evolution of welfare policies, taking initiatives at national and local level (see, among others, Tachibanaki, 2003;Ebbinghaus, 2010a;Ferrera & Maino, 2014). Natali and Pavolini (2014) evaluate the incidence of welfare programs jointly delivered by the social partners in selected manufacturing and services industries in a number of European countries, finding that healthcare, reconciliation between work and family and continuous training cover a substantial share of workers.…”

Section: Social Policies Unions Collective Bargaining and Labor Taxationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One of their features is that seats on the governing boards are usually equally split between unions and employers' representatives. BSFs represent a major change in the governance structure of welfare systems and a possible departure from the traditional Bismarckian model towards more self-regulatory, collectively agreed arrangements (Ebbinghaus, 2010a).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Wage Bargaining and Welfare Benefits in the Time of Covid-19. Bipartite Sectoral Funds and Labor Market Equilibrium

Croce¹,

Tilli²

2022

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We provide a theoretical model of the employment effects of a tax-benefit policy implemented by Bipartite Sectoral Funds (BSFs), ruled by workers' unions and employers' organizations, based on a wage bargaining that includes the basic elements of a tax-benefit policy and allows for the equivalence of contributions and benefits. We show that employers and workers share the provision costs of the benefits and the institutional profile of the BSFs affects the degree of the equivalence of contributions and benefits. This may actually occur if 1) the exchange between wage and benefits is feasible in the context of current industrial relations; 2) the workers attach a sufficiently high value to the benefits; 3) BSFs are autonomous from Government interference.

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Section: Social Policies Unions Collective Bargaining and Labor Taxationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wage Bargaining and Welfare Benefits in the Time of Covid-19. Bipartite Sectoral Funds and Labor Market Equilibrium

Croce¹,

Tilli²

2022

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“…In times of crisis, social partners participate increasingly in the management of unemployment benefits and/or pension systems (Broughton, 2013). There are four governance models which depend on country-specific historical traditions of sharing public space, and on the consequent degree of social partner influence on policy outcomes (Ebbinghaus, 2010). These models can be found even in the same country in different policy areas and time periods.…”

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The evolution of Italian bilateral bodies and funds in a comparative perspective

Vatta

2020

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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In recent years, decentralised collective bargaining has been increasingly discussed in Italy. The importance of collective bargaining is often questioned, but sectoral agreements have various purposes and the related bilateral bodies and funds are managed jointly by social partner organisations. In comparison with peak-level social pacts, it is a less visible kind of cooperation, but particularly relevant in times of crisis. The article deals with the activity of bipartite bodies and funds. The analysis shows that they perform remarkable functions and could develop further. However, some problems also emerge from the comparison with bilateral experiences in other countries.

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“…Comparative analyses stress the importance of corporatist institutions such as tripartite fora and corporatist traditions that can be activated during crisis management (Berger and Compston 2002;Ebbinghaus 2010). In order to account for path dependent developments, we also include corporatist legacy by using a measure of corporatism before 2008 based on the indicator developed by Jahn (2017) which goes beyond earlier indices (Kenworthy 2003;Siaroff 1999;Traxler et al 2001).…”

Section: H2a: Social Concertation Is Facilitated By Strong and Comprehensive Unions (And Employer Associations) Since They Can Reach Broamentioning

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Social concertation in Europe during the Great Recession: A fsQCA-study of social partner involvement

Bender

Ebbinghaus

2019

The European Social Model Under Pressure

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The Great Recession, following the financial market crash of 2008, has been a major challenge not only to governments dealing with the crisis but also for state-society relations between government and social partners across Europe. This chapter addresses the question of why some governments engage in tripartite social concertation between governments, employer organizations and trade unions as part of crisis management, while others choose to unilaterally pursue their agendas. Drawing on an extensive dataset of 29 European countries (EU-27 plus Norway and Switzerland), we use fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to assess which factors can be identified as necessary or sufficient conditions for concertation efforts during the first five years since the crash. Specifically, the analysis studies whether economic pressure, governmental desire for political legitimacy, interest groups' power resources, institutional context and corporatist legacy promote or prevent tripartite interest mediation. The main findings indicate that labour relations and political factors seem to dominate the overall pattern of including social partners in crisis management since 2008.

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Reforming Bismarckian Corporatism: The Changing Role of Social Partnership in Continental Europe

Cited by 52 publications

References 40 publications

Wage Bargaining and Welfare Benefits in the Time of Covid-19. Bipartite Sectoral Funds and Labor Market Equilibrium

Wage Bargaining and Welfare Benefits in the Time of Covid-19. Bipartite Sectoral Funds and Labor Market Equilibrium

The evolution of Italian bilateral bodies and funds in a comparative perspective

Social concertation in Europe during the Great Recession: A fsQCA-study of social partner involvement

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