UNION DENSITY EFFECTS ON PRODUCTIVITY AND WAGES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald
• 署名单位: IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of London; University College London
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaa048
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 1898-1936
• 关键词: works councils; unionization; impacts; FIRMS; performance; EMPLOYMENT; variables; coverage; anatomy; britain

摘要

We exploit changes in tax subsidies for union members in Norway to identify the effects of changes in firm-level union density on productivity and wages. Increased deductions in taxable income for union members led to higher membership rates and contributed to a lower decline in union membership rates over time in Norway. Accounting for selection effects and the potential endogeneity of unionisation, the results show that increasing union density at the firm level leads to a substantial increase in both productivity and wages. The wage effect is larger in more productive firms, consistent with rent-sharing models.