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

• Published in: Industrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 1 - 27
• Main Authors: Rios-Avila, Fernando, Hirsch, Barry T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...