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firm heterogeneity under centralised wage-setting, as unions internalise negative externalities of a wage increase for low …
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This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and …
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Union representation has been in strong decline in most OECD countries with potentially important consequences for wages. What drives this decline? We try to answer this question by developing and implementing a detailed decomposition approach based on Fairlie (2005). Using linked...
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In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining outcomes. Using German panel data (GSOEP) and three novel...
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In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining outcomes. Using German panel data (GSOEP) and three novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220080
-sector wage premia observed in Europe, this paper examines the importance of public-sector unions for macroeconomic theory. The …
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seeming constant in the Anglophone countries: unions at the workplace are associated with reduced employment growth of around …
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This paper tests the hypothesis that unions, through imposing wage floors that lead to wage compression, increase on …
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mit niedrigerer Produktivität am stärksten. Entsprechend der Theorie betrifft dieses Ergebnis Betriebe, die unter …
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Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm-profitability and wages. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to firm-specific rents varies with collective bargaining coverage. To address this issue, we...
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