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Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the selection of German works council representatives and their impact on worker outcomes. Becoming a professional representative leads to substantial wage gains for the elected,...

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Between Government and Market : The Political Economics of Labor Unions

Kaplan, Ethan; Naidu, Suresh - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We survey and summarize recent literature on labor unions in political economy. While labor unions have been a long … external influence of unions on the political system, including effects on voting, campaign finance, lobbying, and intraparty … bargaining. We then discuss work on the internal politics and organization of unions, including issues of selection and …

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Right-to-Work Laws, Unionization, and Wage Setting

Fortin, Nicole Marie; Lemieux, Thomas; Lloyd, Neil - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

unionization rate, RTW can be used as an instrumental variable (IV) to estimate the causal effect of unions on wages. In our … preferred specification based on the differential exposure design, the IV estimate of the effect of unions on wages is 0 …

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Labor Market Tightness and Union Activity

Pezold, Chantal; Jäger, Simon; Nüß, Patrick - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study how labor market conditions affect unionization decisions. Tight labor markets might spur unionization, e.g., by reducing the threat of unemployment after management opposition or employer retaliation in response to a unionization attempt. Tightness might also weaken unionization by...

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Leaders in Social Movements : Evidence From Unions in Myanmar

Boudreau, Laura; Macchiavello, Rocco; Minni, Virginia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Social movements are catalysts for crucial institutional changes. To succeed, they must coordinate members' views (consensus building) and actions (mobilization). We study union leaders within Myanmar's burgeoning labor movement. Union leaders are positively selected on both personality traits...

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The Changing Skill Content of Private Sector Union Coverage

Dodini, Samuel; Lovenheim, Michael F.; Willén, Alexander - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

shift in the type of work covered by unions. We take a skill-based approach to studying this shift, using data from the …

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Income Equality in The Nordic Countries : Myths, Facts, and Lessons

Mogstad, Magne; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Torsvik, Gaute - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Policymakers, public commentators, and researchers often cite the Nordic countries as examples of a social and economic model that successfully combines low income inequality with prosperity and growth. This article aims to critically assess this claim by integrating theoretical perspectives and...

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The Effect of Labor Market Liberalization on Political Behavior and Free Market Norms

Abramitzky, Ran; Ben-Porath, Netanel; Lahad, Shahar; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We study the effects of labor market liberalization on political behavior and attitudes towards free-market capitalism and socialism, exploiting a reform whereby the Israeli socialist communities called kibbutzim shifted from equal sharing to market-based wages. Our identification strategy...

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Conflict in Dismissals

Carry, Pauline; Schoefer, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

How do the employer and the worker interact during a dismissal? This paper tests whether they cooperate to minimize costs, or instead engage in conflict--i.e., deliberately amplify costs. We leverage a unique feature of the French labor market: an employer and a worker can jointly opt to replace...

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The Value of Worker Rights in Collective Bargaining

Arold, Benjamin W.; Ash, Elliott; MacLeod, William Bentley - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

This paper proposes novel natural language methods to measure worker rights from collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) for use in empirical economic analysis. Applying unsupervised text-as-data algorithms to a new collection of 30,000 CBAs from Canada in the period 1986-2015, we parse legal...

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