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Unions, tripartite competition and innovation

Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2020

wage bargaining is more conducive to innovation - particularly product innovation - than competitive pay setting. We test … the theory with workplace data for Britain and Norway. Results are consistent with the theory: local union bargaining is … positively associated with product innovations in both countries. In Norway, local union bargaining is also positively associated …

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The twin track model of employee voice : an Anglo-American perspective on union decline and the rise of alternative forms of voice

Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B.; Gómez, Rafael; … - 2017

We present a simple framework for analyzing decline in union voice in the Anglo-American world and its replacement by non-union, often direct, forms of worker voice. We argue that it is a decline in the in-flow to unionisation among employers and workers, rather than an increase in the outflow...

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Worker representation

Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2022

We define worker representation, identify the factors that determine demand for it among workers and employers, discuss difficulties in supplying worker representation, and reflect on the implications of worker representation for worker welfare and the behavior and performance of employers.

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Gender differences in the union wage premium? : a comparative case study

Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Nergaard, Kristine - 2016

bargaining power of their union as indicated by workplace union density. In Norway, on the other hand, although a union wage … female-dominated women benefit more than men from the increased bargaining power of the union as union density rises. The …

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State substitution for the trade union good : the case of paid holiday entitlements

Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018

The literature on the union wage premium is among the most extensive in labour economics but unions' effects on other aspects of the wage-effort bargain have received much less attention. We contribute to the literature through a study of the union premium in paid holiday entitlements, using...

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