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 …

Using a common methodology, the effects of unions on wage levels and wage dispersion are estimated for two neighboring … countries, Bolivia and Chile, and for the U.S. The analysis shows that unions have broadly similar effects on the wage … distribution within these three economies. The findings suggest that the political economy of unions, coupled with market …

We estimate the impact of nurse unions on health care quality using patient discharge data and the universe of hospital …

payments and examine the impact of unions on these choices. To do so, we use a search and matching model with risk averse … the job finding rate. Unions opt for higher levels of severance pay given that their higher wage demands imply reduced job …

their pioneering contribution What Do Unions Do? It takes note of theoretical and empirical work supportive of … criticism of What Do Unions Do? has been wide of the mark, there are critical areas in which the model is deficient. These … consequences of unions. …

Twenty years have passed since Freeman and Medoff's What Do Unions Do? This essay assesses their analysis of how unions … hold up, although more evidence is needed. Subsequent literature continues to find unions associated with lower … profitability, as noted by Freeman and Medoff. Unions are found to tax returns stemming from market power, but industry …

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participate in the labour market both when young and old. Each generation of workers is represented by its own union. Unions set … increase both youth and old age unemployment. This happens because unions react strategically, and respond to higher firing …