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Unions and wage inequality : the roles of gender, skill and public sector employment
Card, David E.; Lemieux, Thomas; Riddell, William Craig - 2018
We examine the changing relationship between unionization and wage inequality in Canada and the United States. Our study is motivated by profound recent changes in the composition of the unionized workforce. Historically, union jobs were concentrated among low-skilled men in private sector...
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The long-run effects of teacher strikes : evidence from Argentina
Jaume, David; Willén, Alexander - 2017
Argentina in a difference-in-difference framework to examine how exposure to teacher strikes during primary school affects long … aggregate earnings loss of $712 million in Argentina annually. This is equivalent to the cost of raising the average annual … employment income of all primary school teachers in Argentina by 19 percent. We also find evidence of a decline in hourly wage …
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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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Unions and collective bargaining in the wake of the Great Recession
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2015
This paper provides the first definitive estimates of union density in Portugal, 2010-2012, using a unique dataset. The determinants of union density at firm level are first modeled. Next, we draw upon a very recent study of the union wage premium to provide summary estimates of the union wage...
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Overtime working in an unregulated labour market
Bell, David N. F.; Hart, Robert A. - 1999
Using individual-level data on male non-managerial workers from the 1996 British New Earnings Survey, we estimate overtime hours and average premium pay equations. Among other issues, four broad questions are of central importance. (a) What are the impacts of straight-time pay and hours on...
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Are working hours a new driver of inequality? : on the relation between hours inequality, earnings inequality, and collective bargaining in Germany
Gerold, Stefanie; Stein, Ulrike - 2020
This paper studies the relationship between inequalities in working hours and overall earnings inequality in Germany between 2006 and 2014, and the role of declining collective bargaining coverage. Using data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey (GSES), a variance decomposition of...
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Educational inequality, assortative mating and women empowerement
Faia, Ester - 2020
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Wage differentials by bargaining regime in Spain (2002-2014) : an analysis using matched employer-employee data
Ramos, Raúl; Sanromá, Esteban; Simón, Hipólito - 2018
This research examines wage differentials associated to different collective bargaining regimes in Spain and their evolution over time based on matched employer-employee microdata. The primary objective is to analyse the wage differentials associated to the presence of a firm-level agreement and...
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Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities : does institutional diversity matter?
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2014
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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Changes in bargaining status and intra-plant wage dispersion in Germany : a case of (almost) plus ça change?
Addison, John T.; Kölling, Arnd; Teixeira, Paulino - 2014
Recent studies have pointed to the association between declining collective bargaining coverage and rising overall wage inequality. This association holds more or less across-the-board, at least for broad swathes of recent history. That said, the exact contribution of deununionization is a...
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