This paper analysis the link between political strength and public sector wages using a unique matched individual-employer data set for Norwegian local governments during the period 1990-1998. The results indicate that political strength, measured in several ways, has a positive effect on wages,...

This paper analyses the link between political strength and public sector wages using a unique matched individual-employer data set for Norwegian local governments during the period 1990-1998. The results indicate that political strength, measured in several ways, has a positive effect on wages,...

This paper compares union wage bargaining outcomes across different types of employers. Five different employer objectives are discussed: Profit, welfare and output maximization, and two specifications of a Leviathan. The model shows that the ordering of the union wage level across employer...