The paper analyzes wages in the U.S. airline industry, focusing on the role of collective bargaining in a changing … product market environment. Airline unions have considerable strike threat power, but are constrained by the financial health … attract and retain qualified employees throughout the industry. Because unions retain bargaining power at the major carriers …

preference for wages relative to employment. Trade liberalisation then leads to more wage discipline by forcing unions to set …We estimate how trade openness affects the relationship between wages, labour productivity and foreign wages using … sector-level time series for several EU member states. In some countries wages became less responsive to foreign wages as …

coverage. Evidence on the relationship of unions with wages, productivity, profitability, investment, debt, employment growth …, and business failures are all relevant in assessing the future of unions and public policy with respect to unions. A …

in relatively centralized wage-setting environments, where one would expected a more limited influence of ER on wages …

When employers face a trade-off between growing large and paying low wages—that is, when they have monopsony power …

Unions play a crucial role in determining wages and employment outcomes. However, union bargaining power may also have … 6%, while there is little evidence of an impact on hourly wages. The effects on long hours are larger in more unionized … sectors (i.e. construction, manufacturing, and transportation). While the likelihood of working non-standard hours increases …

preference for wages relative to employment. Trade liberalisation then leads to more wage discipline by forcing unions to set …We estimate how trade openness affects the relationship between wages, labour productivity and foreign wages using … sector-level time series for several EU member states. In some countries wages became less responsive to foreign wages as …

coverage. Evidence on the relationship of unions with wages, productivity, profitability, investment, debt, employment growth …, and business failures are all relevant in assessing the future of unions and public policy with respect to unions. A …