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Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining

Bhuller, Manudeep; Moene, Karl Ove; Mogstad, Magne; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

In this article, we document and discuss salient features of collective bargaining systems in the OECD countries, with the goal of debunking some misconceptions and myths and revitalizing the general interest in wage setting and collective bargaining. We hope that such an interest may help close...

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The German Model of Industrial Relations : Balancing Flexibility and Collective Action

Jäger, Simon; Noy, Shakked; Schoefer, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We give an overview of the "German model" of industrial relations. We organize our review by focusing on the two pillars of the model: sectoral collective bargaining and firm-level codetermination. Relative to the United States, Germany outsources collective bargaining to the sectoral level,...

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Wage Flexibility Under Sectoral Bargaining

Card, David E.; Cardoso, Ana Rute - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Sectoral contracts in many European countries set wage floors for different occupation groups. In addition, employers often pay a wage premium (or wage cushion) to individual workers. We use administrative data from Portugal, linked to collective bargaining agreements, to study the interactions...

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Equilibrium Effects of Pay Transparency

Cullen, Zoë B.; Pakzad-Hurson, Bobak - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The public discourse around pay transparency has focused on the direct effect: how workers seek to rectify newly-disclosed pay inequities through renegotiations. The question of how wage-setting and hiring practices of the firm respond in equilibrium has received less attention. To study these...

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Unions, wages and hours

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We examine union-non-union differentials in wages and hours in the United States over the last 50 years using data from … the Current Population Survey (CPS). The regression-adjusted difference between union members' and non-members' hourly … earnings has been falling since the Great Recession. The union differential in weekly wages has been more stable. Although it …

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