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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. But, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its existence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818897
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. But, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its existence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729335
This paper presents a new assessment the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem, relaxing the neoclassical hypothesis of perfect factor mobility and wage flexibility. We build a model economy in which some sector face imperfect competition and workers are unionized in those sector, so that wages are not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004968489
In the 1990s, due to the events in Brazilian economy, workers' unions faced a significant crisis. The union's bases … macro context), workers' affiliation to the unions did not advance (at least, not as it might have advanced). Indeed, the …, not as much), because unions reached only a fraction of the occupants of those new jobs. In short, union's bases widened …
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probably no, at least with respect to labour actors (unions), which face several problems. There are thousands of unions in … very promising in order to foster a negotiated labour regulation. However, on average, those unions present a fragile … constituency, unions gather little resources to negotiate new forms of labour regulation. …
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This paper shows that labor market institutions are important for the formation of new enterprises. The effects of labor market institutions on entrepreneurship, wage determination, and firm size are analysed analytically and illustrated numerically. The main result is that an increase in union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181309
In the 1990s, due to the events in Brazilian economy, workers' unions faced a significant crisis. The union's bases … macro context), workers' affiliation to the unions did not advance (at least, not as it might have advanced). Indeed, the …, not as much), because unions reached only a fraction of the occupants of those new jobs. In short, union's bases widened …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010405504
probably no, at least with respect to labour actors (unions), which face several problems. There are thousands of unions in … very promising in order to foster a negotiated labour regulation. However, on average, those unions present a fragile … constituency, unions gather little resources to negotiate new forms of labour regulation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011583166
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The employer`s payroll contribution for pension system relief has been one of the most important topic on the debate about social security. Some advocates that the traditional source of funds for pension system tends to undergo a process of erosion.And there are critics, who argue that there is...
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