well as the role of changing attitudes of employees towards unions are not fully clear, but the rise of the informal sector …

, firms' profits and employment. It is shown that trade unions may find it optimal to accept lower wages to prevent firms from … better theoretical understanding of the effects of temporary agency work on the wage-setting process, trade unions' rents … cause and not the consequence of the high wage level in those firms. Even though we assume monopoly unions that ascribe the …

determination. In the basic set-up, UISAs induce a trade union to lower wages. This effect can also arise if (1) balanced …

from confounded product-market concentration. Analysis extends beyond wages to rates of employment-based health insurance …

Do unions promote creative destruction? In this paper we apply a shift-share approach and historical unionisation data … and destruction during the period 2003-2012. As local regional-industrial unionisation increases, wages grow. Lay …

union density on firm productivity and wages in the population of Norwegian firms over the period 2001 to 2012. Increases in … union density lead to substantial increases in firm productivity and wages having accounted for the potential endogeneity of …

Labor unions, chiefly through collective organizing and bargaining, almost universally increase the wages of their … service industry, less favorable labor law, and possibly increased opposition toward unions. Methodological challenges and …