Union Wage Bargaining and Status

Publikation: Working/Discussion PaperWU Working Paper

47 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

The paper investigates the nexus between the structure of union wage bargaining and workers' preferences for status, which is measured by relative wages. For two types of workers it is shown that due to externalities on the other group's status wages of both types of workers will be lower if an encompassing union negotiates for the whole workforce than if different groups of workers are unionized separately. Moreover, unemployment will be reduced by the central union relative to separate negotiations even if unions are not concerned with employment effects of wage negotiations at all.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ErscheinungsortVienna
HerausgeberInst. für Volkswirtschaftstheorie und -politik, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Nov. 1991

Publikationsreihe

ReiheDepartment of Economics Working Paper Series
Nummer8

WU Working Paper Reihe

  • Department of Economics Working Paper Series

Zitat