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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 occupation, by geography, and by gender in collective bargaining contracts from the 1940s to the 1970s, patterns in movements of wage differentials are revealed. As wages increased,...
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Collective Bargaining for Women : How Unions Can Create Female-Friendly Jobs
Corradini, Viola; Lagos, Lorenzo; Sharma, Garima - 2022
Why aren't workplaces better designed for women? We show that changing the priorities of those who set workplace policies can create female-friendly jobs. Starting in 2015, Brazil's largest trade union federation made women central to its bargaining agenda. Neither establishments nor workers...
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Strikes, Employee Workplace Representation, Unionism, and Trust : Evidence from Cross-Country Data
Addison, John T. - 2017
but this effect does not persist, possibly because of decentralization and the development of hybrid bargaining structures …
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Sluggish Institutions in a Dynamic World : Can Unions and Industrial Competition Coexist?
Hirsch, Barry T. - 2021
During the 1930s and 1940s, collective bargaining emerged as the workplace governance norm in much of the U.S. industrial sector. Following its peak in the 1950s, union density in the U.S. private sector fell steadily, to only 7.4 percent in 2006. Governance shifted from a formalized union norm...
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Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Wake of the Great Recession
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2015
This paper provides the first definitive estimates of union density in Portugal, 2010-2012, using a unique dataset. The determinants of union density at firm level are first modeled. Next, we draw upon a very recent study of the union wage premium to provide summary estimates of the union wage...
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Union Membership and Collective Bargaining : Trends and Determinants
Schnabel, Claus - 2020
place. Bargaining coverage is usually high and stable in countries with multi-employer bargaining, and the decentralization …
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Workplace Unionism, Collective Bargaining and Skill Formation : New Results from Mixed Methods
Berton, Fabio - 2019
general emphasis on deregulation and decentralization of industrial relations. In this paper, we contribute to this debate by …
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No Extension Without Representation? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Collective Bargaining
Hijzen, Alexander - 2016
In many countries, notably across Europe, collective bargaining coverage is enhanced by government-issued extensions …
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The 'Good Workplace' : The Role of Joint Consultative Committees, Unions and HR Policies in Employee Ratings of Workplaces in Britain
Barry, Michael - 2018
Using new, rich data on a representative sample of British workers, we examine the relationship between joint consultation systems at the workplace and employee satisfaction, accounting for possible interactions with union and management-led high-commitment strategies. We focus on non-union...
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The (Parlous) State of German Unions
Addison, John T. - 2006
, decentralization, and wages that are more responsive to unemployment. At issue is the success of these innovations. For instance, the … trend toward decentralization in collective bargaining hinges in part on the health of that other pillar of the dual system … equate decentralization with deregulation. While this conclusion is likely too radical, German unions are at the cross roads …
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