TY  - JOUR
AB  - Standard neoclassical theory argues that an economy is negatively affected by increased labor rights and power since it is assumed that economic agents are always x‐efficient; performing at the height of efficiency. However, a behavioral model of the firm suggests that more rights and power, with its positive impact on labor standards, need not produce the deleterious results predicted by conventional economic wisdom, due to their productivity‐efficiency enhancing impact on the firm. This suggests that we should not assess the impact of enhanced labor power and control in terms of a zero sum game. It is possible to have both equilibrium improvements in working conditions and economic prosperity, with the former contributing to the latter.
VL  - 27
IS  - 12
SN  - 0306-8293
DO  - 10.1108/03068290010354063
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03068290010354063
AU  - Altman Morris
PY  - 2000
Y1  - 2000/01/01
TI  - Labor rights and labor power and welfare maximization in a market economy ‐ Revising the conventional wisdom
T2  - International Journal of Social Economics
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 1252
EP  - 1269
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -