The existing literature concerning the impact of cross-border merger activity on domestic wages can be split into two …’ effects tend to be more dominant with outward cross-border mergers. We employ comprehensive panel data on wages, unionization … and merger activity for US industry sectors over the 1986-2001 period in order to test the impact of cross-border merger …

Can a merger from duopoly to monopoly be detrimental for profits? This paper deals with this issue by focusing on the … highlighted that a wage ‘non‐rigidity’ result applies: the post‐merger wage is higher than in the pre‐merger equilibrium. Second …, it is shown that a ‘reversal result’ in relation to merger profitability actually realizes when the union is sufficiently …

unionized workforce. We develop a simple efficiency wage model, with a tradeoff between higher wages for workers and more … variety of data sets, we examine the implications of the model for the relationship between the employment and wages of … unionization in an industry and region and a higher union wage differential are associated with fewer managers. (2) Managers wages …

organize at highly profitable enterprises that are more likely to grow and pay higher wages. Using multiple establishment …, and wages. Essentially, outcomes for employers where unions barely won the election (e.g. by one vote) are compared to … those where the unions barely lost. The analysis finds small impacts on all outcomes that we examine; estimates for wages …

identify the impact of state Right-to-Work (RTW) laws on wages, benefits, and union status among private and public sector … workers. Despite a modest effect of RTW laws on wages, results suggest RTW laws differentially affect benefits, proxied by …

rate, and appears to be untrended in both countries. Union wages are sticky. c) The size of the wage gap varies across …