The paper estimates how wages respond to changes in regional unemployment using detailed Swedish micro data. The study … is set in an economy with close to complete union coverage where real wages have grown continuously in all parts of the … estimated elasticity of wages. Wage adjustments are larger for employees with high unemployment risk and for new hires entering …

setting wages and determining work amenities. In the administrative data, we causally examine through which channels unions … estimate the career effects of labor union membership. In the survey, we show how workers perceive the role of unions in … influence worker outcomes, whether unions influence workers differently across their careers, and what the overall long …

setting wages and determining work amenities. In the administrative data, we causally examine through which channels unions … estimate the career effects of labor union membership. In the survey, we show how workers perceive the role of unions in … influence worker outcomes, whether unions influence workers differently across their careers, and what the overall long …

Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find …

(GLFS 2015) respectively. The findings indicate that unions' bargaining effect on wages is positive. Furthermore, the study … strength of unions. It is against this background that our study seeks to examine the effect of unions' bargaining (proxied by … union presence variable) on wages in Ghana. We employ the Heckman Selection Model and quantile regression technique to …

underestimate wages elsewhere. We document this anchoring bias by eliciting workers' beliefs in a representative survey in Germany …-wage firms, would not be viable at current wages. …

This paper reviews the effects of trade liberalisation on wages in developing countries, and presents new evidence for … Brazil. Wages fell substantially in the traded sector after trade liberalisation, consistent with there being reduced rents … college education. Within the traded sector, the impact of increasing openness on wages was insignificant for those in the top …

This paper first reviews theoretical and empirical studies of the effects of trade liberalisation on wages in … liberalisation at the beginning of the 1990s. Conditional on education and work experience, we find that wages fell substantially in … greater competition. Conditional wages also fell, though by a smaller amount, in the non-traded sector, possibly reflecting …

This paper addresses whether and how unions help to dismantle workplace inequality experienced by people with different …