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Are there gains to joining a union? : evidence from Mexico
Gutierrez Rufrancos, Hector - 2019
wages. This paper also contributes to the wider literature by providing the first estimates of the longitudinal gain (loss …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162013
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The dynamics of working hours and wages under implicit contracts
Guerrazzi, Marco; Giribone, Pier Giuseppe - 2021
In this paper, we explore the dynamics of working hours and wages in a model economy where a firm and its workforce are … solutions rely on factors that usually determine the enforceability of contracts and we provide evidence that wages tend to move …-cyclical pattern of wages but is helpful in explaining their dynamic behaviour in response to demand shocks as well as their typical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500947
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Constrained vs unconstrained labor supply : the economics of dual job holding
Choe, Chung; Oaxaca, Ronald L.; Renna, Francesco - 2017
This paper develops a unified model of dual and unitary job holding based on a Stone-Geary utility function. The model incorporates both constrained and unconstrained labor supply. Panel data methods are adapted to accommodate unobserved heterogeneity and multinomial selection into 6 mutually...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120931
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Unions and collective bargaining : the influence on wages, employment and firm survival
Brändle, Tobias - 2024
Unions and collective bargaining play a central role in shaping wages and influencing firms' employment decisions and … employment. Unions typically increase wages and other working conditions for their members and often all employees working in … working similar jobs. At the same time, wages are higher in firms under collective bargaining, even in similar firms in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014637042
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Decent work and the quality of work and employment
Green, Francis - 2021
This review examines the concept of the quality of work and employment (QWE), including both 'Decent Work' and the narrower concept of 'job quality'. The key axiom is that 'quality' relates to the extent and manner in which working conditions meet people's needs from work. The review emphasises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500927
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Foreign ownership and intra-firm union density in Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2017
From a theoretical viewpoint the relationship between foreign ownership and unionization is ambiguous. On the one hand, foreign owners have better opportunities to undermine workers’ unionization. On the other hand, workers of foreign-owned firms have an increased demand for the protection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124745
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Reflections on wage-setting
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018
Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to … expectations about inflation and future growth. Migration plays a significant role to balance wages across regions and countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131008
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Membership in employers' associations and collective bargaining coverage in Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2021
While there is a strong overlap between membership in employers' associations and collective bargaining coverage, the overlap is far from being perfect. Using unique firm-level data from Germany, this study estimates the determinants of the membership in employers' associations and the coverage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648539
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Robots, digitalization, and worker voice
Belloc, Filippo; Burdín, Gabriel; Landini, Fabio - 2022
The interplay between labor institutions and the firm-level adoption of new technologies such as robotics and other advanced digital tools remains poorly understood. Using a cross-sectional sample of more than 20000 European establishments, this paper documents a positive association between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012806276
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Labor-management relations in autocratic regimes
Cooke, Fang Lee; Wood, Geoffrey T. - 2022
This chapter examines contemporary labor-management relations in autocratic regimes, drawing on two sets of countries, namely transitional peripheral economies in Central Asia (Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) and hierarchical market economies in Latin America (Colombia and Honduras), for analysis....
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