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Accounting for collective action: resource acquisition and mobilization in British unions

Willman, Paul; Bryson, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

The paper uses two data sources to map trends in resource availability for trade unions in Britain. Union resources exist on the one hand in the form of subscription income and accumulated assets shown in union accounts and, on the other, establishment level resources provided by employers and...

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Union organization in Great Britain

Willman, Paul; Bryson, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

Union membership and density in Britain has experienced substantial decline since 1979. The fall in private sector membership and density has been much greater than in the public sector. The size of the union sector, measured by employer recognition, has shrunk. Membership decline has been...

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Why have workers stopped joining unions? Accounting for the rise in never-membership in Britain

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

This paper tracks the rise in the percentage of employees who have never become union members (‘never-members’) since the early 1980s and shows that it is the reduced likelihood of ever becoming a member rather than the haemorrhaging of existing members which is behind the decline in overall...

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Why have workers stopped joining unions?

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper tracks the rise in the percentage of employees who have never become union members (¿nevermembers¿) since the early 1980s and shows that it is the reduced likelihood of ever becoming a member rather than the haemorrhaging of existing members which is behind the decline in overall...

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Offshoring: general equilibrium effects on wages, production and trade

Baldwin, Richard E.; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

A simple model of offshoring is used to integrate the complex gallery of results that exist in the theoretical … offshoring/fragmentation literature. The paper depicts offshoring as ‘shadow migration’ and shows that this allows … conditions are provided). We show that offshoring requires modification of the four HO theorems, so econometricians who ignore …

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Outsourcing and offshoring engineering projects: understanding the value, sourcing models, and coordination practices

Willcocks, Leslie P.; Oshri, Ilan; Kotlarsky, Julia; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

In this paper, we review recent developments in the field of outsourcing and offshoring and the implications for … engineering management. We examine three aspects involved in outsourcing and offshoring, namely, sourcing models, coordination …

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Landing the first job: the value of intermediaries in online hiring

Stanton, Christopher; Thomas, Catherine - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

and wages at the beginning of their careers. After an initial employment period, only the best non-affiliates find future …

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Landing the first job: the value of intermediaries in online hiring

Stanton, Christopher; Thomas, Catherine - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract with each other directly. Despite this, intermediaries - called outsourcing agencies - have emerged in these markets. This paper shows that agencies signal to employers that inexperienced workers are high quality....

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Minimum wages and earnings inequality in urban Mexico. Revisiting the evidence

Bosch, Mariano; Manacorda, Marco - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

This paper explores the contribution of the minimum wage to the well documented rise in earnings inequality in Mexico …

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Trade as an engine of creative destruction: Mexican experience with Chinese competition

Iacovone, Leonardo; Winters, L.A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

unilateral low wage trade and competition shock to producers in Mexico. Wefind that this shock causes selection at both firm and …

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