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Union-nonunion wage gap : some unexpected findings in Brazilian labour market
Campos, André Gambier; Moura, Ana Carolina - 2017
This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. However, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its...
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Labor-market concentration and labor compensation
Qiu, Yue; Sojourner, Aaron - 2019
from confounded product-market concentration. Analysis extends beyond wages to rates of employment-based health insurance …
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Wages, hires, and labor market concentration
Marinescu, Ioana; Ouss, Ivan; Pape, Louis-Daniel - 2020
find that a 10% increase in labor market concentration decreases hires by 12.4% and the wages of new hires by nearly 0 … employers in the retail industry would be most damaging, with about 24 million euros in annual lost wages for new hires, and an …
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Labour immigration and union strength
Finseraas, Henning; Røed, Marianne; Schøne, Pål - 2018
To what extent is labour mobility in the European Union a threat to the strength of unions? We argue that the combination of cheap labour, workforce heterogeneity, and low unionization among labour immigrants' is a potential challenge for unions. The challenge will be particularly severe if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895394
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Labor law reforms and labor market performance in Egypt
Abdelgouad, Ahmed Fayez - 2014
This study introduces a review of the institutional framework in the Egyptian labor market to show how it is regulated by discussing extensively the most recent labor law regulations in Egypt and the main reasons behind enacting this law. The paper guides also to different data sources that can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010422244
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Job quality in segmented labor markets : the Israeli case
Neuman, Shoshana - 2014
Till the early-1990s the collectively-bargained labor contract (between the trade-union that presented the employees, and the employer or the employers'-association) was the norm, granting salaried workers a stable and protected labor contract. Thereafter, and more significantly after 1995, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463410
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Wage Differentials, Bargaining Protocols, and Trade Unionism in Mid-Twentieth Century American Labor Markets
Pencavel, John H. - 2020
Income inequality has been lower in periods when trade unionism has been strong. Using observations on wages by … occupation, by geography, and by gender in collective bargaining contracts from the 1940s to the 1970s, patterns in movements of … wage differentials are revealed. As wages increased, some contracts maintained relative wage differentials constant, some …
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Wage differentials, bargaining protocols, and trade unionism in mid-twentieth century American labor markets
Pencavel, John H. - 2020
Income inequality has been lower in periods when trade unionism has been strong. Using observations on wages by … occupation, by geography, and by gender in collective bargaining contracts from the 1940s to the 1970s, patterns in movements of … wage differentials are revealed. As wages increased, some contracts maintained relative wage differentials constant, some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206420
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Job quality in segmented labor markets : the Israeli case
Neuman, Shoshana - 2014
Till the early-1990s the collectively-bargained labor contract (between the trade-union that presented the employees, and the employer or the employers'-association) was the norm, granting salaried workers a stable and protected labor contract. Thereafter, and more significantly after 1995, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440266
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The effect of centrally bargained wages on firm growth
Bustos, Emil - 2023
I study how firms adapt to exogenous changes in labor costs induced by collective bargaining agreements. I use data on … collective bargaining agreements in Sweden and study the impact of the nationwide bargaining that took place in 2004. I make a … increase average wages (1.3%) and to grow faster (2.7%) both in terms of employment and sales, while profitability decreases …
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