contributed to the divergence, with unions doing better in countries with high inflation. In addition, unemployment raised density … in settings where unions disperse unemployment benefits -- The primary reason for the divergence are differences in the … incentives and opportunities different industrial relations systems give employers to oppose unions. Unions fared best in neo …

conditions in poor countries usually involves large-scale investment where such resources can be easily misallocated. We …

pro-union attitudes that unions could potentially influence to maintain the union impact on elections even with declines …

productivity so the paper examines the link between unions and productivity finding only a small association by the end of the 1990 …

What type of businesses do unions target for organizing? A dynamic model of the union organizing process is constructed … union certification election. The model predicts two main selection effects: unions organizing occurs in larger and more … productive establishments early in their life-cycles, and among the establishments targeted for organizing, unions are more …

It is well known that the organizing environment for labor unions in the U.S. has deteriorated dramatically over a long … environment will lead unions not only to contest fewer elections but also to focus on larger potential bargaining units and on …

This paper applies principles from evolutionary biology to the study of unions. We show that unions which maximize the … present discounted wages of current members will be displaced in evolutionary competition by unions with more moderate wage … policies that allow their firms to live longer. This suggests that unions with constitutional incumbency advantages that allow …