have an increased demand for the protection provided by unions. Which of the two opposing influences dominates can vary …

have an increased demand for the protection provided by unions. Which of the two opposing influences dominates can vary …

unionized employees in North America are women. While early studies of unions and inequality focused on males, recent studies … examine both and reveal striking gender differences. A consistent - and puzzling - finding is that unions reduce wage …, unions reduce economy-wide wage inequality by less than 10% in both countries. However, union impacts on wage inequality are …

This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and …

extensive, especially in non-Anglo-Saxon countries. Strong unions may influence firms' incentives to invest in capital …, particularly in sectors where capital investments are sunk (irreversible), as in research-intensive sectors. Whether unions affect … firms' investment in capital depends on the structure and coordination of bargaining, the preference of unions between wages …

research based on U.S. data suggests that unions are detrimental to innovation, while evidence from Europe is more mixed. This …