Artikel

The consequences of trade union power erosion

The micro- and macroeconomic effects of the declining power of trade unions have been hotly debated by economists and policymakers, although the empirical evidence does little to suggest that the impact of union decline on economic aggregates and firm performance is an overwhelming cause for concern. That said, the association of declining union power with rising earnings inequality and the loss of an important source of dialogue between workers and their firms have proven more worrisome if no less contentious. Causality issues dog the former association and while the diminution in representative voice seems indisputable any depiction of the non-union workplace as an authoritarian “bleak house” is more caricature than reality.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2020 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy
Labor Contracts
Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining: Public Policy
Thema
union density/coverage
bargaining structure
coordination
macro/micro performance
redistribution
voice

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
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Addison, John T.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.68.v2
Handle
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20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Addison, John T.
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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