estimated elasticity of wages. Wage adjustments are larger for employees with high unemployment risk and for new hires entering …The paper estimates how wages respond to changes in regional unemployment using detailed Swedish micro data. The study … is set in an economy with close to complete union coverage where real wages have grown continuously in all parts of the …

and wages, employment, productivity, and economic output in China. The findings indicate that union density does not … affect average wage levels, but is positively associated with aggregate productivity and output. We discuss if and to what …