Durante los dos pasados decenios disminuyó significativamente el poder de los sindicatos en el movimiento laboral mexicano. Este estudio utiliza datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares de México a fin de analizar algunos aspectos específicos de esta disminución....

This paper offers empirical evidence on the impact of trade unions on wage inequality in Mexico. The results indicate that unions were a strongly equalizing force affecting the dispersion of wages in 1984, but were only half as effective at reducing wage inequality in 1996. Not only did the...

We show that an institutional change designed expressly to heighten competition for the provision of union services can have a substantial effect on unionization and employment relations. We study a French reform of 2008 that introduced mandatory elections for representation of workers at firm,...