Industrial relations researchers have long recognized the importance of bargaining power in understanding wage settlements between labor and management. As an empirical matter it has been a challenge to develop measures of union bargaining power. Using a unique data set from Japan, this study...

"Why are low-quality jobs created at SMEs? It is because the large companies hand over labor-intensive production to lower-level companies, causing exponential creation of new businesses amongst the lowest-paying bracket. Large firms have transferred a portion of their production process to...