Author: Alan A. CarruthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employment (Economic theory)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
On Union Preferences and Labour Market Models
Author: Alan A. CarruthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employment (Economic theory)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
On union preferences and labour market models : neglected corners
Author: Andrew J. OswaldPublisher:
ISBN: 9788492303205
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
The Economics of the Trade Union
Author: Alison L. BoothPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521468398
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book analyses the crucial features of unionised labour markets. The models in the book refer to labour contracts between unions and management, but the method of analysis is also applicable to non-union labour markets where workers have some market power. In this book, Alison Booth, a researcher in the field, emphasises the connection between theoretical and empirical approaches to studying unionised labour markets. She also highlights the importance of taking into account institutional differences between countries and sectors when constructing models of the unionised labour market. While the focus of the book is on the US and British unionised labour markets, the models and analytical methods are applicable to other industrialised countries with appropriate modifications.
Economic Models of Trade Unions
Author: P. GaronnaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This book provides a picture of the current economic research on trade unions in an edited collection of recent papers, both theoretical and empirical, concerned with the quantitative analysis of trade unions' behaviour and impact. In particular it compares the results of the most recent theoretical developments with empirical studies in each area of research.
On Union Preference and Labour Market Models
Author: Andrew J. OswaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor supply
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Trade Union Behaviour, Pay-bargaining, and Economic Performance
Author: Robert J. FlanaganPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Consists of two papers and comments thereon. The paper "Can Political Models Predict Union Behaviour?" by Professor Robert Flanagan deals with the process of policy formulation within unions. Using collective-choice analysis, examines whether and under what circumstances it is possible for union members to form a collective goal and the ability of union leaders to alter that goal. The paper " Bargaining Structure and Economic Performance" by Karl Ove Moene and Michael Wallerstein discusses the issues of the implications of the level of centralization of wage bargaining on economic performance.
The Economic Analysis of Unions
Author: Barry T. HirschPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040121594
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
1. An Overview 2. Unionism: Individual and Collective Choice 3. Union Membership and Growth 4. Unions, Bargaining and Strikes 5. Union Effects on Relative Wages 6. Unions, Wage Dispersion and the Distribution of Income 7. Unions and Economic Performance: Productivity, Productivity Growth and Probability 8. Unions and Inflation 9. Unions and Politics
Theory of Union Bargaining Goals
Author: Wallace N. AthertonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140086707X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Wallace N. Atherton is concerned with a single but very important facet of the behavior of labor unions—the ways in which their bargaining objectives are determined. He begins by reviewing the existing literature and briefly sketches the conceptual structure of the union. The analysis starts with a theory whose form and substance are close to existing theories, and then is altered by adding unfamiliar elements. An eclectic "economic" model is built with two provisional assumptions: complete internal homogeneity of preferences about bargaining objectives, and perfect knowledge and foresight of everything relevant to the attainment of these objectives. The main innovation at this stage is the inclusion of anticipated strike length as a variable which affects union preferences of goals to be pursued. In Chapter IV the first provisional assumption is dropped and the model becomes "politico-economic." Allowance is made for diversity of goals within the union and for the leaderships' concern to stay in office. The theory is then restated in axiomatic terms, enabling the author to dispense with the second assumption, that of the union's perfect knowledge and foresight. The theory is now adapted to deal with a union faced with probabilities rather than certainties, and additional adaptations deal with the effect of internal threats to the leaders' control of the organization. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Economics of Trade Unions
Author: Hristos DoucouliagosPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317498283
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Richard B. Freeman and James L. Medoff’s now classic 1984 book What Do Unions Do? stimulated an enormous theoretical and empirical literature on the economic impact of trade unions. Trade unions continue to be a significant feature of many labor markets, particularly in developing countries, and issues of labor market regulations and labor institutions remain critically important to researchers and policy makers. The relations between unions and management can range between cooperation and conflict; unions have powerful offsetting wage and non-wage effects that economists and other social scientists have long debated. Do the benefits of unionism exceed the costs to the economy and society writ large, or do the costs exceed the benefits? The Economics of Trade Unions offers the first comprehensive review, analysis and evaluation of the empirical literature on the microeconomic effects of trade unions using the tools of meta-regression analysis to identify and quantify the economic impact of trade unions, as well as to correct research design faults, the effects of selection bias and model misspecification. This volume makes use of a unique dataset of hundreds of empirical studies and their reported estimates of the microeconomic impact of trade unions. Written by three authors who have been at the forefront of this research field (including the co-author of the original volume, What Do Unions Do?), this book offers an overview of a subject that is of huge importance to scholars of labor economics, industrial and employee relations, and human resource management, as well as those with an interest in meta-analysis.
Author: Andrew J. Oswald