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Bryson, Alex - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Despite declining bargaining power, unions continue to generate a wage premium. Some feel collective bargaining has had its day. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have recently called for the removal of bargaining rights from workers in the name of wage and employment flexibility, yet...

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Gender Differences in the Union Wage Premium? A Comparative Case Study

Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Nergaard, Kristine - 2016

among men and women. In Britain, while only women receive a union wage premium, only men benefit from the increased … premium arises from individual union membership for men and women in male-dominated unions, in workplaces where the union is … female-dominated women benefit more than men from the increased bargaining power of the union as union density rises. The …

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State Substitution for the Trade Union Good: The Case of Paid Holiday Entitlements

Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018

The literature on the union wage premium is among the most extensive in labour economics but unions' effects on other aspects of the wage-effort bargain have received much less attention. We contribute to the literature through a study of the union premium in paid holiday entitlements, using...

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The wage impact of trade unions in the UK public and private sectors

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2007

This paper draws attention to an increase in the size of the union membership wage premium in the UK public sector relative to the private sector. We find the public sector membership wage premium is approximately double that in the private sector controlling for a full range of individual, job...

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Union decline in Britain

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2008

This paper investigates the demise of unionisation in British private sector workplaces over the last quarter century. We show that dramatic union decline has occurred across all types of workplace. Although the union wage premium persists it is quite small in 2004. Negative union effects on...

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Unions and the Economic Basis of Attitudes

White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2016

Unions make differences to employee satisfaction that correspond to their effects on individual economic advantage. Panel data reveal how changes in economic circumstance and changes in job satisfaction are linked to changes in union coverage. When individuals move into a union covered job they...

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Explaining Cross-National Variation in Workplace Employee Representation

Forth, John; Bryson, Alex; George, Anitha - 2016

Across Europe, there are many differing opinions on whether workplace employee representation should be encouraged or discouraged. Yet there is very little evidence on the variations in workplace employee representation across Europe or the reasons for this. We use a workplace survey covering 27...

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Productivity Dynamics: The Role of Competition in a Service Industry

Breda, Thomas; Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2019

Using panel data for nearly all service providers in a single industry sector, we examine productivity responses to changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches which compete with one another for union members whose...

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Unions, Tripartite Competition and Innovation

Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2020

We present theoretical and empirical evidence challenging results from early studies that found unions were detrimental to workplace innovation. Under our theoretical model, which extends the Cournot duopoly innovation model, local union wage bargaining is more conducive to innovation -...

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Do Public Subsidies of Union Membership Increase Union Membership Rates?

Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2020

Using administrative linked employer-employee data for Norway we estimate the impact of changes in tax subsidies for union membership on individuals' membership probabilities. Increased subsidisation of the union good increases union take-up, while increased union fees reduce the demand for...

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