UNIONISM IN A COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: MACDONALD, GM; ROBINSON, C
• 署名单位: Western University (University of Western Ontario)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/298277
• 发表日期: 1992
• 页码: 33-54
• 关键词: wage differentials; employment determination; canadian industry; unionization; IMPACT; models; size

摘要

This article explores a model in which a union confronts many competitive workers, firms, and consumers. Under monopoly unionism, union coverage may be incomplete; then, union wages and employment are insensitive to product demand variation. Under efficient unionism, coverage can never be incomplete; some union variables necessarily vary with product demand. Preliminary evidence on the demand independence under incomplete coverage hypothesis is presented. Also, more structure is imposed and further hypotheses are derived, and the manner in which the model can be enriched to allow for a variety of union-related issues within a consistent framework is set out.