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Prof. dr. J. (Jelle) Visser

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Dep. Sociology
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
  • Postbus 15508
    1001 NA Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Publications

    2018

    • Hayter, S., & Visser, J. (2018). The application and extension of collective agreements: Enhancing the inclusiveness of labour protection. In S. Hayter, & J. Visser (Eds.), Collective Agreements: Extending Labour Protection (pp. 1-31). Geneva: International Labour Organization. [details]
    • Hayter, S., & Visser, J. (Eds.) (2018). Collective Agreements: Extending Labour Protection. Geneva: International Labour Organization. [details]
    • Visser, J. (2018). Extension policies compared: How the extension of collective agreements works in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Norway. In S. Hayter, & J. Visser (Eds.), Collective Agreements: Extending labour protection (pp. 33-63). Geneva: International Labour Organization. [details]

    2016

    2015

    2014

    • Colombo, E., Tirelli, P., & Visser, J. (2014). Reinterpreting Social Pacts: Theory and evidence. Journal of Comparative Economics, 42(2), 358-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2013.05.008 [details]
    • Dølvik, J. E., Eldring, L., & Visser, J. (2014). Setting Wage Floors in Open Markets: The Role of the Social Partners in Europe's Multilevel Governance. In S. Evju (Ed.), Regulating Transnational Labour in Europe: The quandaries of multilevel governance (pp. 131-186). (Skrifserie; No. 14/196). Oslo: University of Oslo, Department of Private Law. [details]

    2013

    • Visser, J. (2013). Flexibility and Security in Post-Standard Employment Relations: The case of the Netherlands. In K. V. W. Stone, & H. Arthurs (Eds.), Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond the Standard Contract of Employment (pp. 135-154). Russell Sage Foundation. https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/786435 [details]

    2012

    2011

    • Avdagic, S., Rhodes, M., & Visser, J. (2011). Analyzing social pacts. Introduction. In S. Avdagic, M. Rhodes, & J. Visser (Eds.), Social Pacts in Europe. Emergence, evolution and institutionalization. Oxford UP.
    • Avdagic, S., Rhodes, M., & Visser, J. (2011). Conclusions: Reassessing the Framework. In S. Avdagic, M. Rhodes, & J. Visser (Eds.), Social Pacts in Europe. Emergence, evolution and institutionalization Oxford UP.
    • Avdagic, S., Rhodes, M., & Visser, J. (Eds.) (2011). Social Pacts in Europe. Emergence, evolution and institutionalization. Oxford UP.
    • Bryson, A., Ebbinghaus, B., & Visser, J. (2011). Introduction: Causes, consequences and cures of union decline. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 17(2), 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680111400893 [details]
    • Bryson, A., Ebbinghaus, B., & Visser, J. (Eds.) (2011). Causes, consequences and cures of union decline. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 17(2).
    • Kaminska, M. E., & Visser, J. (2011). The emergence of industrial relations in regional trade blocks: a comparative analysis. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 49(2), 256-281. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2010.00847.x [details]
    • Rhodes, M., & Visser, J. (2011). Seeking commitment, effectiveness and legitimacy: new modes of socio-economic governance in Europe. In A. Héritier, & M. Rhodes (Eds.), New modes of governance in Europe: governing in the shadow of hierarchy (pp. 104-134). (Palgrave studies in European Union politics). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306455 [details]
    • Visser, J., & Rhodes, M. (2011). The Evolution of Pacts: Trajectories and Mechanisms of Institutionalization. In S. Avdagic, M. Rhodes, & J. Visser (Eds.), Social Pacts in Europe. Emergence, evolution and institutionalization. Oxford UP.
    • Visser, J., & van der Meer, T. W. G. (2011). Netherlands: Social Pacts in a Concertation Economy. In S. Avdagic, M. Rhodes, & J. Visser (Eds.), Social Pacts in Europe. Emergence, evolution and institutionalization. Oxford University Press.

    2010

    • Checchi, D., Visser, J., & van de Werfhorst, H. G. (2010). Inequality and union membership: the influence of relative earnings and inequality attitudes. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 48(1), 84-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00757.x [details]
    • van der Meer, M., & Visser, J. (2010). 'Doing together what is possible': Social pacts and negotiated welfare reform in the Netherlands. In P. Pochet, M. Keune, & D. Natali (Eds.), After the euro and enlargement: social pacts in the EU (pp. 251-280). Brussels: ETUI. [details]

    2009

    • Dølvik, J. E., & Visser, J. (2009). Free movement, equal treatment and worker rights: can the EU solve its trilemma of fundamental principles? Industrial Relations Journal, 40(6), 491-509. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2009.00542.x [details]
    • Koçer, R. G., & Visser, J. (2009). The role of the state in balancing the minimum wage in Turkey and the USA. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 74(2), 349-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00730.x [details]
    • Visser, J. (2009). Neither convergence nor frozen paths: Bounded learning, international diffusion of reforms, and the Open Method of Coordination. In M. Heidenreich, & J. Zeitlin (Eds.), Changing European employment and welfare regimes: The influence of the Open Method of Coordination on national reforms (pp. 37-60). (Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare; No. 12). London: Routledge. [details]
    • Visser, J. (2009). The Quality of Industrial Relations and the Lisbon Process. In J. Visser (Ed.), Industrial Relations in Europe (pp. 45-72). Luxembourg: Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities.
    • Visser, J. (2009). The quality of industrial relations and the Lisbon strategy. In J. Visser (Ed.), Industrial relations in Europe 2008 (pp. 45-72). (Employment & social affairs. Industrial relations & industrial change). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. https://doi.org/10.2767/54876 [details]
    • Visser, J., & Checchi, D. (2009). Inequality and the labor market: Unions. In W. Salverda, B. Nolan, & T. M. Smeeding (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of economic inequality (pp. 230-256). (Oxford handbooks in economics). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [details]
    • Visser, J., & Kaminska, M. E. (2009). Europe’s industrial relations in a global perspective. In J. Visser (Ed.), Industrial relations in Europe 2008 (pp. 19-44). (Employment & social affairs. Industrial relations & industrial change). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. https://doi.org/10.2767/54876 [details]
    • van der Meer, M., Visser, J., & van Os van den Abeelen, R. (2009). The focus of the new trade union: opinions of members and non-members regarding social contrasts and trade unions priorities in the Netherlands. Transfer, 15(3), 439-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/10242589090150031401 [details]

    2008

    • Visser, J. (2008). L'iscrizione al sindacato in 24 paesi. Economia e Lavoro, 42(3), 17-38. https://doi.org/10.7384/70802 [details]
    • Visser, J., & Ramos Martín, N. (2008). A more ‘autonomous’ European social dialogue: the implementation of the Framework Agreement On Telework. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 24(4), 511-548. [details]
    • Visser, J., & Yerkes, M. (2008). Part-time work and the legacy of breadwinner welfare states: A panel study of women’s employment patterns in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, 1992-2002. In L. Kenworthy, & A. Hicks (Eds.), Method and substance in macrocomparative analysis (pp. 221-259). (Research methods series). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [details]

    2008

    • Visser, J. (2008). Extension through dilution? European integration, enlargement and labour institutions. In J. Alber, T. Fahey, & C. Saraceno (Eds.), Handbook of quality of life in the enlarged European Union (pp. 175-197). London [etc.]: Routledge. [details]
    • Visser, J. (2008). Union membership statistics in 24 countries. In S. K. Singh (Ed.), Changing role of trade unions (pp. 45-71). Hyderabad-India: Icfai University Press.

    2018

    • Eichhorst, W., Portela Souza, A., Cahuc, P., Demazière, D., Fagan, C., Araujo Guimarães, N., ... Visser, J. (2018). The Future of Work — Good Jobs for All. In Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress. - Volume 1: Socio-Economic Transformations (pp. 255-312). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108399623.008 [details]

    2013

    • Visser, J. (2013). Wage Bargaining Institutions – from crisis to crisis. (European Economy Economic Papers; No. 488). European Commission Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs. https://doi.org/10.2765/42942 [details]
    • Visser, J. (2013). De krimp van de collectieve arbeidsverhoudingen in Europa. In P. T. de Beer (Ed.), Arbeidsverhoudingen onder druk (pp. 83-117). (Preadviezen van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staathuishoudkunde; Vol. 2013). Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers. [details]

    2012

    2011

    • Visser, J. (2011). Variations and trends in European industrial relations in the 21st century's first decade. In Industrial relations in Europe 2010 (pp. 17-67). Brussels: European Commission. [details]

    2009

    • Visser, J. (2009). Industrial relations in Europe 2008. (Employment & social affairs. Industrial relations & industrial change). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. https://doi.org/10.2767/54876 [details]
    • Visser, J. (2009). The ICTWSS database: Database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social Pacts in 34 countries between 1960 and 2007. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies, University of Amsterdam. [details]

    2008

    • Visser, J., & Ramos Martin, N. (2008). Expert report on the implementation of the social partner’s Framework Agreement on Telework. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam. [details]

    2009

    • Visser, J. (2009). Agnes Jongerius overspeelde haar hand. NRC-Handelsblad.
    • Visser, J. (2009). De ILO, sociaal beleid en de crisis. De Volkskrant.

    Membership / relevant position

    • Visser, J. (2009). editor, international book series Changing Welfare States, Amsterdam University Press.
    • Visser, J. (2009). in editorial board, European Journal of Industrial Relations, German Journal of Industrial Relations, Economic and Industrial Democracy, Journal of Labour Law and Public Policy.

    Talk / presentation

    • Visser, J. (invited speaker) (29-10-2009). De ILO, sociaal beleid en de crisis, keynote lecture at symposium 90 jaar ILO, University of Leiden, organised in cooperation with Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Academiegebouw, Leiden.
    • Visser, J. (invited speaker) (2009). Industrial Relations and the Lisbon Agenda, keynote address at conference on European Industrial Relations and Lisbon, organized by the European Commission, Brussels.
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  • Ancillary activities
    • OECD, ILO
      Design and development ICTWSS database
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