Syllabus/achievement requirements

Bowman, John R. (2002), “Employers and the Persistence of Centralized Wage Setting”. Comparative Political Studies, 35 (9): 995–1026 (31 p)

*Dølvik, Jon Erik and Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke (1998), “Norway: The Revival of Centralized Concertation”, in Anthony Ferner & Richard Hyman: Changing Industrial Relations in Europe (118–145). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. (28 p)

Elvander, Nils (2002), “The Labour Market Regimes in the Nordic Countries: A Comparative Analysis”. Scandinavian Political Studies, 25(2): 117–137 (20 p)

Fahlbeck, Reinhold (2002), “Industrial Relations and Collective Labour Law: Characteristics, Principles and Basic Features”. Scandinavian Studies in Law, 43: 87–133

*Ferner, Anthony and Richard Hyman (1998), “Introduction: Towards European Industrial Relations?”, in Anthony Ferner & Richard Hyman: Changing Industrial Relations in Europe (xi–xxvi). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. (16 p)

Hernes, Gudmund (1991), “The Dilemmas of Social Democracies: The Case of Norway and Sweden”. Acta Sociologica, 34:239–260 (21 p)

Høgsnes, Geir (1989), “Wage Bargaining and Norms of Fairness – A Theoretical Framework for Analysing the Norwegian Wage Formation”. Acta Sociologica, 32: 339–357. (18 p)

Høgsnes, Geir and Frode Longva (2001), “Decentralized Wage Bargaining – A Threat to Incomes Policy Goals or an Instrument of Flexibility?” In Henry Milner and Eskil Wadensjö (eds.), Gösta Rehn, the Swedish Model and Labour Market Policies. International and national perspectives, (145–166), Ashgate, UK (21 p)

*Kjellberg, Anders (1998), “Sweden: Restoring the Model”, i Anthony Ferner & Richard Hyman: Changing Industrial Relations in Europe (74–117) Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. (44 p)

*Lilja, Kari (1998), “Finland: Continuity and Modest Moves Towards Company–level Corparatism”, in Anthony Ferner & Richard Hyman: Changing Industrial Relations in Europe (171–189). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. (19 p)

Meyersson Milgrom, Eva M., Trond Petersen and Vemund Snartland (2001), “Equal Pay for Equal Work? Evidence from Sweden and a Comparison with Norway and the U.S.” Scandinavian Journal of Economics 103(4): 559-583 (24 p)

Mjøset, Lars (2000), The Nordic Economies 1945 – 1980. Arena, Working Paper no. 6 (20 p)

Rothstein, Bo (1992), “Labor-market institutions and working-class strength”, in Svein Steinmo, Kathleen Thelen and Frank Longstreth: Structuring politics. Historical institutionalism and comparative analysis, pp. 34–56. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (22 p)

*Scheuer, Steen (1998), “Denmark: A Less regulated Model”, i Anthony Ferner & Richard Hyman: Changing Industrial Relations in Europe (146–170). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. (25 p)

Scheuer, Steen (1997), “Collective Bargaining Coverage and the Status Divide: Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom Compared”. European Journal of Industrial Relations 3(1): 39–58 (21 p)

Stokke, Torgeir Aarvaag (2002), “Conflict regulation in the Nordic countries”. TRANSFER 8(4): 670–687 (17 p)

* = not in compendiumRequired reading: This reading list presents the required course reading. The student chooses in addition 200 pages of literature relevant for the course

Recommended reading: Economic Survey 1/2003 (Statistics Norway) Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2002 (from Statistics Norway)