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a median voter model, the gender shift in union membership has resulted in differential wage returns to unionisation … among men and women. In Britain, while only women receive a union wage premium, only men benefit from the increased … bargaining power of their union as indicated by workplace union density. In Norway, on the other hand, although a union wage …
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study is motivated by profound recent changes in the composition of the unionized workforce. Historically, union jobs were …, unions reduce economy-wide wage inequality by less than 10% in both countries. However, union impacts on wage inequality are … no longer differ. The key differences in union impacts are between the public and private sectors - not between males and …
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policies can create female-friendly jobs. Starting in 2015, Brazil's largest trade union federation made women central to its … bargaining agenda. Neither establishments nor workers choose their union, permitting a difference-in-differences design to study …
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651) empowers every employee in an organization to either form or join a trade union of their choice for the promotion and … protection of their economic and social interests. In spite of this legal provision, union coverage and density in Ghana have … continually declined in recent years. The decline in union density and coverage is likely to decrease the collective bargaining …
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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,...
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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,...
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In a framework of a unionised oligopoly, this paper reconsiders the impact of the bargaining structure on union wages …
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union representation. Using linked employer-employee data, our estimation strategy hinges upon the identification of …
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This paper explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of (a) harmonized micro-data from household surveys, (b) data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates, and (c) hand-collected...
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