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| Titre : | The impact of unionization costs when firm-selection matters (2019) |
| Auteurs : | Marco de Pinto ; Jörg Lingens |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Labour economics (vol. 60, October 2019) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 50-63 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ ORGANISATION SYNDICALE ; SYNDICALISME SALARIE ; POLITIQUE DE L'EMPLOI ; PRODUCTIVITE ; INEGALITE SALARIALE ; POLITIQUE SOCIALE ; MODELISATION |
| Résumé : | How does an increase in unionization costs, i.e. costs which arise when workers are organized by a union, affect the productivity distribution of active firms, wage inequality and welfare? In this paper, we build a model with costly, endogenous unionization, heterogeneous firms as well as free market entry/exit to analyze these questions. If unionization costs are relatively low (high), we find that an increase reduces (raises) average productivity and welfare. Additionally, we find a hump-shaped relationship between unionization costs and wage inequality. These results suggest that policies aiming at increasing unionization costs could worsen economic performance. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2019.05.002 |
