). This earnings advantage of union workers is known as the union wage premium. The premium differs by country, industry … empirical techniques are reviewed, and premium estimates by country/region are presented. An average union wage premium of 0 …

union representation. Using linked employer-employee data, our estimation strategy hinges upon the identification of …

study is motivated by profound recent changes in the composition of the unionized workforce. Historically, union jobs were …, unions reduce economy-wide wage inequality by less than 10% in both countries. However, union impacts on wage inequality are … no longer differ. The key differences in union impacts are between the public and private sectors - not between males and …

a median voter model, the gender shift in union membership has resulted in differential wage returns to unionisation … among men and women. In Britain, while only women receive a union wage premium, only men benefit from the increased … bargaining power of their union as indicated by workplace union density. In Norway, on the other hand, although a union wage …

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. However, as …

policies can create female-friendly jobs. Starting in 2015, Brazil's largest trade union federation made women central to its … bargaining agenda. Neither establishments nor workers choose their union, permitting a difference-in-differences design to study …