Trade Union Membership and Earnings in Kenyan Manufacturing Firms

This paper analyses the effect of trade unions on earnings in Kenyan manufacturing using a switching regression model, which takes into account endogeneity of union status of workers. In contrast to earlier studies of the Kenyan labour market, which indicate that the union effect on wages is negative, our results show a strong positive trade union effect. We also show that it is workers with relatively weak position in the labour market that joins the union.

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Year of publication:	2001-05-31
Authors:	Manda, Damiano Kulundu ; Bigsten, Arne ; Mwabu, Germano
Institutions:	Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan
Subject:	Unions \| wages \| manufacturing \| Kenya

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers in Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Working Papers in Economics Number 50 21 pages
Classification:	J50 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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