In Germany, employers used to pay union members and non-members in a plant the same union wage in order to prevent workers from joining unions. Using recent administrative data, we investigate which workers in firms covered by collective bargaining agreements still individually benefit from...

This study examines whether excess executive compensation has adverse effects on volunteers' willingness to make labor contributions to non-profit organizations. We use compensation information in IRS Form 990 and find that for small organizations excess CEO compensation negatively affects the...

When setting initial compensation, some firms set a fixed, non-negotiable wage while others bargain. In this paper we propose a parsimonious search and matching model with two sided heterogeneity, where the choice of wage-setting protocol, wages, search intensity, and degree of randomness in...