Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
structure of wages. Ceteris paribus, a higher share of employees in a firm covered by industry-wide or firm-level contracts is … associated with higher wages. Yet, individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm shows a negative impact both on the wage … level and on wage dispersion. A higher union density reinforces the effects of coverage, but the effect of union density is …