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UK trades unions and the problems of collective action
Willman, Paul; Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2016
This paper looks at the financial resources of trades unions in the UK, both updating previous work and attempting to understand the management of first and second order collective action problems. First order problems refer to the problems of initiating collective action and second order...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502561
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What does codetermination do?
Jäger, Simon; Noy, Shakked; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021
. We cover the institution's history, implementation, and the best available evidence on its economic impacts. We argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550237
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Unions, wage gaps, and wage dispersion : new evidence from the Americas
Rios-Avila, Fernando; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2012
countries, Bolivia and Chile, and for the U.S. The analysis shows that unions have broadly similar effects on the wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575337
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Union organizing decisions in a deteriorating environment : the composition of representation elections and the decline in turnout
Farber, Henry S. - 2014
It is well known that the organizing environment for labor unions in the U.S. has deteriorated dramatically over a long period of time, contributing to the sharp decline in the private sector union membership rate and resulting in many fewer representation elections being held. What is less well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247427
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The prevalence and effects of occupational licensing
Kleiner, Morris M. (contributor);  … - 2008
This study provides the first nation-wide analysis of the labor market implications of occupational licensing for the U.S. labor market, using data from a specially designed Gallup survey. We find that in 2006, 29 percent of the workforce was required to hold an occupational license from a...
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Can policy interact with culture? : minimum wage and the quality of labor relations
Aghion, Philippe (contributor); Algan, Yann (contributor);  … - 2008
Can public policy interfere with culture, such as beliefs and norms of cooperation? We investigate his question by evaluating the interactions between the State and the Civil Society, focusing on the labor market. International data shows a negative correlation between union density and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755332
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Union decline in Britain
Blanchflower, David G. (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper investigates the demise of unionisation in British private sector workplaces over the last quarter century. We show that dramatic union decline has occurred across all types of workplace. Although the union wage premium persists it is quite small in 2004. Negative union effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688784
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Culture and human capital investments : evidence of an unconditional cash transfer program in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica (contributor) - 2008
in Bolivia to study the intra-household income allocation process towards children's educational expenditure by ethnicity …-indigenous families follow decision rules more closely related to collective and bargaining behavior models. -- Bolivia ; culture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003754940
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Domestic violence and labor market outcomes : evidence from a mixed-race developing country
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2010
country such as Bolivia. Among developing countries, Bolivia "excels" in having one of the highest levels of domestic violence … across different ethnic groups. Using information from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for Bolivia, we examine the … endogeneity problems. -- labor markets ; domestic violence ; Bolivia ; indigenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154554
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Bureaucratic delay, local-level monitoring, and delivery of small infrastructure projects : evidence from a field experiment in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica; Machicado, Carlos Gustavo - 2012
-municipal governments in Bolivia, and it presents a randomized field experiment designed to improve public service delivery by promoting … delivery outcomes. -- Bolivia ; transparency ; accountability ; local-level monitoring ; bureaucratic delay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558979