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Evolution of union wages and determinants
Fang, Tony; Hartley, John - 2022
). This earnings advantage of union workers is known as the union wage premium. The premium differs by country, industry …’s determinants and charts how they have changed over time, leading to a typically reduced wage effect in recent years relative to … empirical techniques are reviewed, and premium estimates by country/region are presented. An average union wage premium of 0 …
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The role of profit sharing in dual labour markets with flexible outsourcing
Koskela, Erkki; König, Jan - 2011
domestic labour markets, when the wage rate for low-skilled worker is set by a labor union, to analyze how the implementation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309507
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Sources of the union wage gap : results from high-dimensional fixed effects regression models
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2015
This paper provides estimates of the union wage gap in Portugal, a nation until recently lacking independent data on … union density at firm level. Having estimated nonlinear and linear estimates of the effect of union density on the wage gap … sources of the union wage gap. A generalization of this technique is applied for the nonlinear case. We find evidence of a …
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Two-tier bargaining
Boeri, Tito - 2014
Two-tier bargaining structures, in which plant-level wage negotiations supplement industry-level wage setting, are present in a number of EU countries, as unions resist pressures for greater decentralization in wage determination. In principle, these two-tier structures could reconcile...
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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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The Sources of the Union Wage Gap : The Role of Worker, Firm, Match, and Job-title Heterogeneity
Addison, John T. - 2019
Using matched employer-employee-contract data for Portugal – a country with near-universal union coverage – we find … evidence of a sizable effect of union affiliation on wages. Gelbach's (2016) decomposition procedure is next deployed to … ascertain the contributions of worker, firm, match, and job-title heterogeneity to the union wage gap. Of these the most …
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Minimum Wage Systems and Earnings Inequalities : Does Institutional Diversity Matter?
Garnero, Andrea - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047856
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Sources of the Union Wage Gap : Results from High-Dimensional Fixed Effects Regression Models
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2015
This paper provides estimates of the union wage gap in Portugal, a nation until recently lacking independent data on … union density at firm level. Having estimated nonlinear and linear estimates of the effect of union density on the wage gap … sources of the union wage gap. A generalization of this technique is applied for the nonlinear case. We find evidence of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016272
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The Role of Profit Sharing in Dual Labour Markets with Flexible Outsourcing
Koskela, Erkki; Koenig, Jan - 2021
domestic labour markets, when the wage rate for low-skilled worker is set by a labor union, to analyze how the implementation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315998
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Sources of the union wage gap : results from high-dimensional fixed effects regression models
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2017
We estimate the impact of union density on wages using Portuguese matched employer-employee-contract data, extending …-title heterogeneity to the union wage premium. The principal result is the dominance of the firm fixed effect: the allocation of workers … among firms with different wage policies. For their part, the unobserved skills of union workers have only a modest impact …
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