Trade unions vs. statistical discrimination:: Theory and application to post-apartheid South Africa

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Azam, Jean-Paul; Rospabe, Sandrine
• 署名单位: Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole; Institut Universitaire de France; Universite de Rennes
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.12.005
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 417-444
• 关键词: labor; DISCRIMINATION; Trade unions; South Africa

摘要

A simple model of statistical discrimination is analyzed, which captures some stylized facts of the South African labor market. It shows that this type of discrimination disappears when the wage rates are determined by efficient bargaining between a representative firm and a union, with endogenous membership. This may explain why the wage gap between Black and White workers in post-apartheid South Africa is smaller among unionized workers than among non-unionized ones. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.