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Wage differentials, bargaining protocols, and trade unionism in mid-twentieth century American labor markets
Pencavel, John H. - 2020
Income inequality has been lower in periods when trade unionism has been strong. Using observations on wages by … inequality as usually measured. …
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Unions and wage inequality : the roles of gender, skill and public sector employment
Card, David E.; Lemieux, Thomas; Riddell, William Craig - 2018
We examine the changing relationship between unionization and wage inequality in Canada and the United States. Our … unionized employees in North America are women. While early studies of unions and inequality focused on males, recent studies … inequality among men but not among women. In both countries we find striking differences between the private and public sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949616
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Is there a union wage premium in Germany and which workers benefit most?
Bonaccolto-Töpfer, Marina; Schnabel, Claus - 2023
Using representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper finds a statistically significant union wage premium in Germany of almost three percent which is not simply a collective bargaining premium. Given that the union membership fee is typically about one percent of...
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Gender differences in the union wage premium? : a comparative case study
Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Nergaard, Kristine - 2016
Trade unions have transformed from male-dominated organisations rooted in manufacturing to majority-female organisations serving predominantly white-collar workers, often in the public sector. Adopting a comparative case study approach using nationally representative linked employer-employee...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595231
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Collective bargaining for women : how unions can create female-friendly jobs
Corradini, Viola; Lagos, Lorenzo; Sharma, Garima - 2022
. Hence, prioritizing women's preferences in decision-making can lower within-firm gender inequality through more efficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013369150
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Offshoring and the decline of unions
Munch, Jakob Roland; Olney, William W. - 2024
The prevalence of labor unions have declined post-WWII, and this paper examines whether globalization is a contributing factor. Offshoring jobs abroad may change the composition of domestic firms and employment and thus reduce union density. Alternatively, a firms' ability to offshore may erode...
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Unionization and the evolution of the wage distribution in Sweden : 1968 to 2000
Albrecht, James W.; Björklund, Anders; Vroman, Susan B. - 2009
change in the distribution of returns was neutral with respect to inequality. -- Wage compression ; unionization ; quantile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858872
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Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities : does institutional diversity matter?
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2014
This paper explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of (a) harmonized micro-data from household surveys, (b) data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates, and (c) hand-collected...
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Firm wage premia, industrial relations, and rent sharing in Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen - 2018
This paper investigates the influence of industrial relations on firm wage premia in Germany. OLS regressions for the firm effects from a two-way fixed effects decomposition of workers' wages by Card, Heining, and Kline (2013) document that average premia are larger in firms bound by collective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796210
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Workplace employee representation and industrial relations performance : new evidence from the 2013 European company survey
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2017
Using cross-country data from the European Company Survey, we investigate the relationship between workplace employee representation and five behavioral outcomes: strike incidence, the climate of industrial relations, sickness/absenteeism, employee motivation, and staff retention. The evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704352