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References for Union wage effects
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Further reading
- Bryson, A., Forth, J. Trade Union Membership and Influence, 1999–2009 Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Discussion Paper No.1003, 2010-09.
- Frandsen, B. R. Why Unions Still Matter: The Effects of Unionization on the Distribution of Employee Earnings, 2012.
- Lewis, H. G. Unionism and Relative Wages in the United States: An Empirical Inquiry. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1963.
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Key references
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Freeman, R. B., Medoff, J. L. What Do Unions
Do. New York: Basic Books, 1984. Key reference: [1]
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Rosen, S. "Trade union power,
threat effects and the extent of organization" Review of Economic
Studies 36 (1969): 185–196. Key reference: [2]
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Lewis, H. G. Union Relative Wage
Effects: A Survey. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1986. Key reference: [3]
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Blanchflower, D., Bryson, A. "Changes over time
in union relative wage effects in the UK and the US
revisited" In: Addison, J. T., Schnabel, C. (eds). International
Handbook of Trade Unions. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003. Key reference: [4]
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DiNardo, J., Lee, D. S. "Economic impacts of
new unionization on private sector employers: 1984–2001" The Quarterly
Journal of Economics 119:4 (2004): 1383–1442. Key reference: [5]
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Bryson, A. "Union effects on
wages" In: Marsden, D., Rycx, F. (eds). Wage Structures,
Employment Adjustments and Globalization: Evidence from Linked
and Firm-Level Panel Data. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Key reference: [6]
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Farber, H. S. "Non-union wage
rates and the threat of unionization" Industrial and
Labor Relations Review 58:3 (2005): 335–358. Key reference: [7]
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Blanchflower, D., Bryson, A. "What effect do
unions have on wages now and would ‘what do unions do?’ be
surprised?" In: Bennett, J. T., Kaufman, B. E. (eds). What Do Unions Do?:
A Twenty-Year Perspective. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2007. Key reference: [8]
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Blanchflower, D. G., Bryson, A. "Trade union decline
and the economics of the workplace" In: Brown, W., Bryson, A., Forth, J., Whitfield, K. (eds). The Evolution of
the Modern Workplace. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Key reference: [9]
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Card, D., Lemieux, T., Riddell, W. C. "Unions and wage
inequality" Journal of Labor
Research 25 (2004): 519–559. Key reference: [10]
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Dustmann, C., Ludsteck, J., Schonberg, U. "Revisiting the
German wage structure" The Quarterly
Journal of Economics 124:2 (2009): 843–881. Key reference: [11]
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Freeman, R. B., Medoff, J. L. What Do Unions
Do. New York: Basic Books, 1984.
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Additional References
- Breda, T. "Firms’ rents, workers’ bargaining power and the union wage premium" The Economic Journal 125:589 (2015): 1616–1652.
- Brown, W., Bryson, A., Forth, J. "Competition and the retreat from collective bargaining" In: Brown, W., Bryson, A., Forth, J., Whitfield, K. (eds). The Evolution of the Modern Workplace. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Bryson, Alex. "Unions and employment growth in British workplaces during the 1990s: A panel analysis" Scottish Journal of Political Economy 51:4 (2004): 477–506.
- Dahl, C. M., le Maire, D., Munch, J. R. "Wage dispersion and decentralisation of wage bargaining" Journal of Labor Economics 31:3 (2013): 501–533.
- Fitzenberger, B., Kohn, K., Lembcke, A. C. "Union density and varieties of coverage: The anatomy of union wage effects in Germany" Industrial and Labor Relations Review 66:1 (2013): 169–197.
- Freeman, R. B., Gelber, A. M. "Prize structure and information in tournaments: Experimental evidence" American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2:1 (2010): 149–164.
- Friedman, M. "Some comments on the significance of labor unions for economic policy" In: McCord Wright, D. (ed). The Impact of the Union: Eight Economic Theorists Evaluate the Labor Movement. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
- Hirsch, B. T. "What do unions do for economic performance?" In: Bennett, J. T., Kaufman, B. E. (eds). What Do Unions Do? A Twenty-Year Perspective. New York: Transaction Publishers, 2007.
- Jenkin, F. "Trade unions: How far legitimate?" In: Colvin, S. C., Ewing, J. A. (eds). Papers, Literary, Scientific, &c by the Late Fleeming Jenkin. London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1868.
- Lee, D. S., Mas, A. "Long-run impacts of unions on firms: New evidence from financial markets, 1961–1999" The Quarterly Journal of Economics 127 (2012): 333–378.
- Propper, C., van Reenen, J. "Can pay regulation kill? Panel data evidence on the effect of labour markets on hospital performance" Journal of Political Economy 118:2 (2010): 222–273.
- Smith, A. The Wealth of Nations. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776.
- Stewart, M. B. "Collective bargaining arrangements, closed shops and relative pay" The Economic Journal 97:385 (1987): 140–156.
- Yao, Y., Zhong, N. "Unions and workers’ welfare in Chinese firms" Journal of Labor Economics 31:3 (2013): 633–667.