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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 … bargaining. We hope that such an interest may help close the gap between how economists tend to model wage setting and how wages … that firms or employer associations bargain with unions over wages, producing collective bargaining systems. We show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388793
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The Shift to Remote Work Lessens Wage-Growth Pressures
Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; Davis, Steven J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The recent shift to remote work raised the amenity value of employment. As compensation adjusts to share the amenity …
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Firm Sorting and Spatial Inequality
Lindenlaub, Ilse; Oh, Ryungha; Peters, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study the importance of firm sorting for spatial inequality. If productive locations are able to attract the most productive firms, then firm sorting acts as an amplifier of spatial inequality. We develop a novel model of spatial firm sorting, in which heterogeneous firms first choose a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462686
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Capital and Wages
Acemoglu, Daron - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Does capital accumulation increase labor demand and wages? Neoclassical production functions, where capital and labor are q-complements, ensure that the answer is yes, so long as labor markets are competitive. This result critically depends on the assumption that capital accumulation does not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512044
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Long Social Distancing
Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; Davis, Steven J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
More than ten percent of Americans with recent work experience say they will continue social distancing after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, and another 45 percent will do so in limited ways. We uncover this Long Social Distancing phenomenon in our monthly Survey of Working Arrangements and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435130
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Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index : A New Employment Series for the US, Canada, and the UK
Akcigit, Ufuk; Chhina, Raman; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322738
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The Effect of Unions on Employment : Evidence from an Unnatural Experiment in Uruguay
Cassoni, Adriana - 2000
-specific bargaining (1992-1997). The relationship between wages and employment shifted significantly across these periods as evidenced by …This study examines the impact of unions on wages and employment using data from Uruguay in a period where unions were … banned (1973-1984), then legalized with tripartite bargaining (1984-1991) followed by industry-wide or firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471275
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Unemployment Fluctuations With Staggered Nash Wage Bargaining
Gertler, Mark - 2006
tractable relation for wage dynamics that is a natural generalization of the period-by-period Nash bargaining outcome in the … conventional formulation. An interesting side-product is the emergence of spillover effects of average wages on the bargaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466167
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Leaders in Social Movements : Evidence From Unions in Myanmar
Boudreau, Laura; Macchiavello, Rocco; Minni, Virginia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Social movements are catalysts for crucial institutional changes. To succeed, they must coordinate members' views (consensus building) and actions (mobilization). We study union leaders within Myanmar's burgeoning labor movement. Union leaders are positively selected on both personality traits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576648
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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