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Unions, Wage Gaps, and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence from the Americas

Rios-Avila, Fernando; Hirsch, Barry - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using a common methodology, the effects of unions on wage levels and wage dispersion are estimated for two neighboring … countries, Bolivia and Chile, and for the U.S. The analysis shows that unions have broadly similar effects on the wage … distribution within these three economies. The findings suggest that the political economy of unions, coupled with market …

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Labour-Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings

Salverda, Wiemer; Checchi, Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find two separate literatures that should be brought together, and bring 'new institutions' into play. Growing female employment, rising dual-earnership and part-time employment...

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Unions and the Labor Market for Managers

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Hallock, Kevin F.; DiNardo, John - 2000

firm. Unions, by redistributing rents towards the workers, lead to lower employment and lower pay for managers. Using a …

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Rent-sharing : Does the Bargaining Regime Make a Difference? Theory and Empirical Evidence

Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2005

This paper analyses whether wages in Germany respond to firm-specific profitability conditions. Particular emphasis lies on the question of whether the extent of rent-sharing varies across different systems of wage determination. Those may be categorised into sector-specific wage agreements,...

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Rent-Sharing and Collective Bargaining Coverage: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2005

Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm-profitability and wages. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to firm-specific rents varies with collective bargaining coverage. To address this issue, we...

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Rent-Sharing and Collective Bargaining Coverage: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2006

Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm profitability and wages. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to firm-specific rents varies with collective bargaining coverage. To address this issue, we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298014