Unions, Wage Gaps, and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence from the Americas

Using a common methodology, the effects of unions on wage levels and wage dispersion are estimated for two neighboring countries, Bolivia and Chile, and for the United States. The analysis shows that unions have broadly similar effects on the wage distribution within these three economies. The findi...

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Published inIndustrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 1 - 27
Main Authors Rios-Avila, Fernando, Hirsch, Barry T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berkeley Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2014
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects
Bolivia
Chile
Economic analysis
Impact analysis
Income Inequality
Labor costs
Labor unions
Labour relations
Latin America
Market structure
Markets
Methodology
Political Economy
Studies
U.S.A
Unions
United States of America
Wage differential
Wage Differentials
Wage theory
Wages
Bolivia
Chile
United States > US
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Summary:Using a common methodology, the effects of unions on wage levels and wage dispersion are estimated for two neighboring countries, Bolivia and Chile, and for the United States. The analysis shows that unions have broadly similar effects on the wage distribution within these three economies. The findings suggest that the political economy of unions, coupled with market constraints on labor costs, produce commonality in union wage effects that transcend other economic and institutional differences.
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ISSN:0019-8676
1468-232X
DOI:10.1111/irel.12044