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The Impact of Unions on Wages in the Public Sector : Evidence from Higher Education
Baker, Michael; Halberstam, Yosh; Kroft, Kory; Mas, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study the effects of the unionization of faculty at Canadian universities from 1970-2022 using an event-study design. Using administrative data which covers the full universe of faculty salaries, we find strong evidence that unionization leads to both average salary gains and compression of...
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Labor Market Tightness and Union Activity
Pezold, Chantal; Jäger, Simon; Nüß, Patrick - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study how labor market conditions affect unionization decisions. Tight labor markets might spur unionization, e.g., by reducing the threat of unemployment after management opposition or employer retaliation in response to a unionization attempt. Tightness might also weaken unionization by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447309
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Unions and Managerial Pay
DiNardo, John - 1997
effect on the managers of unionized firms. To this end we" collected and assembled data on unionization and managerial pay …" where unions are stronger, fewer managers are employed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472496
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Inflation Targeting Does Not Anchor Inflation Expectations : Evidence from Firms in New Zealand
Kumar, Saten - 2015
We study the (lack of) anchoring of inflation expectations in New Zealand using a new survey of firms. Managers of … Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a fact which we document along a number of dimensions. Managers are unaware of the identities of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061904
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Constraints on Large-Block Shareholders
Holderness, Clifford G. - 1998
Corporate managers who own a majority of the common stock in their company or who represent another firm owning such an … interest appear to be less constrained than managers of diffusely held firms, yet their power to harm minority shareholders …. Finally, there is little evidence that new organizational mechanisms have evolved to constrain managers who own large blocks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472048
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Organizational Change in French Manufacturing : What Do We Learn From Firm Representatives and From Their Employees?
Greenan, Nathalie - 1999
In this paper, we use a French matched employer-employee survey, the COI survey, conducted in 1997, to describe the general features of organizational change in manufacturing firms with more than 50 employees. In a first section, we explore the methodological issues associated with the building...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471498
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The Effects of COVID-19 on U.S. Small Businesses : Evidence from Owners, Managers, and Employees
Alekseev, Georgij - 2020
We analyze a large-scale survey of owners, managers, and employees of small businesses in the United States to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481136
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The Value of Stock Options to Non-Executive Employees
Hallock, Kevin F. - 2006
1990s by a sample of over 2000 middle-level managers from a large, established firm outside of manufacturing. Exercise …
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Language Barriers in Multinationals and Knowledge Transfers
Guillouet, Louise; Khandelwal, Amit; Macchiavello, Rocco; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
A distinct feature of MNCs is a three-tier organizational structure: foreign managers (FMs) supervise domestic managers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533356
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Matching and Sorting in a Global Economy
Grossman, Gene M. - 2013
, labor and "managers", each with a distribution of ability levels. Production combines a manager of some type with a group of …
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