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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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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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746339

Political Discrimination in the Aftermath of Violence: the case of the Greek riots.

Hugh-Jones, David; Katsanidou, Alexia; Riener, Gerhard - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

We examine discrimination against outgroups in the context of the December 2008 riots in Greece after the killing of a … police, in modified Dictator games, allowing us to test theories of discrimination on behavior with real payoff consequences …. Treatments examined the effect of in-group norms and environmental cues on discrimination. We find that cues in the environment …

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Unions and the sword of justice: unions and pay systems, pay inequality, pay discrimination and low pay

Metcalf, David; Hansen, Kirstine; Charlwood, Andy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

Dispersion in pay is lower among union members than among non-unionists. This reflects two factors. First, union members and jobs are more homogeneous than their non-union counterparts. Second, union wage policies within and across firms lower pay dispersion. Unions'' minimum wage targets also...

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Giving a little help to girls? evidence on grade discrimination and its effect on students' achievement

Terrier, Camille - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

This paper tests if gender-discrimination in grading affects pupils' achievements and course choices. I use a unique … from a substantive positive discrimination in math but not in French. This bias is not explained by girls' better behavior … to show that classes in which teachers present a high degree of discrimination in favor of girls are also classes in …

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What can life satisfaction data tell us about discrimination against sexual minorities? A structural equation model for Australia and the United Kingdom

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Wooden, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Very little is known about how the differential treatment of sexual minorities could influence subjective reports of overall well-being. This paper seeks to fill this gap. Data from two large surveys that provide nationally representative samples for two different countries – Australia (the...

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When work disappears: racial prejudice and recession labour market penalties

Johnston, David W.; Lordan, Grace - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper assesses whether racial prejudice and labour market discrimination is counter-cyclical. This may occur if … prejudice and discrimination are partly driven by competition over scarce resources, which intensifies during periods of …

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Reviewing the terms of inclusion: transactional processes, currencies and context

Witcher, Sally - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

or currencies) and discrimination (failure to enable, recognize, or act consistently upon, the presentation of currencies … construed, or misconstrued. A typology of discrimination is described, along with its potential exclusory outcomes. Yet, changes …

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