Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction and Summary -- 2 Economic Effects of Labor Standards -- 3 Collective Bargaining and Economic Performance - A Short Review of the Theory -- 4 Empirical Evidence from Microeconomic Studies -- 5 Empirical Evidence from Macroeconomic Studies -- Appendix 1 Definition and Description of the Indicators of Bargaining Coordination -- Appendix 2 Substudies -- Selected Glossary -- References -- Index.