IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'Unions, Internationalization, Tasks, Firms, and Worker Characteristics: A Detailed Decomposition Analysis of Rising Wage Inequality in Germany' in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17, 461-498

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10723

How Asymmetrically Increasing Joint Strike Costs Need Not Lead to Fewer Strikes

Archontis L. Pantsios, Solomon Polachek

published in: Atlantic Economic Journal, 2017, 45 (2), 149-161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10575

Strikes, Employee Workplace Representation, Unionism, and Trust: Evidence from Cross-Country Data

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 159, 109-133.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10509

Regular versus Lump-Sum Payments in Union Contracts and Household Consumption

Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Roberta Zizza

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10446

The Effects of International Migration on Native Workers' Unionisation in Austria

José-Ignacio Antón, René Böheim, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10438

Men, Women and Unions

Getinet Astatike Haile

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10435

Gender Differences in the Union Wage Premium? A Comparative Case Study

Alex Bryson, Harald Dale-Olsen, Kristine Nergaard

published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, First Published April 12, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959680119840572

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10335

Sick Pay Reforms and Health Status in a Unionised Labour Market

Laszlo Goerke

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 64(2), 115-142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10292

Technical Efficiency, Unions and Decentralized Labor Contracts

Francesco Devicienti, Alessandro Manello, Davide Vannoni

published in: European Journal of Operational Research, no. 260(3), 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10290

Understanding Wage Floor Setting in Industry-Level Agreements: Evidence from France

Denis Fougère, Erwan Gautier, Sébastien Roux

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10043

UK Trades Unions and the Problems of Collective Action

Paul Willman, Alex Bryson, John Forth

published as 'UK Unions, Collective Action and the Cost Disease' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, First published 07 Mai 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12471

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9963

Explaining Cross-National Variation in Workplace Employee Representation

John Forth, Alex Bryson, Anitha George

published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017 23 (4), 415-433

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9876

Unions and the Economic Basis of Attitudes

Michael White, Alex Bryson

published in: Industrial Relations Journal, 2016, 47 (4), 360-378

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9691

Gradual Collective Wage Bargaining

Sabien Dobbelaere, Roland Iwan Luttens

published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 40, 37-42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9610

Effects of Unionization on Workplace-Safety Enforcement: Regression-Discontinuity Evidence

Aaron J. Sojourner, Jooyoung Yang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9587

Collective Bargaining Systems and Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Flexibility: The Quest for Appropriate Institutional Forms in Advanced Economies

John T. Addison

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2016, 5: 19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9466

What Do Unions Do in Times of Economic Crisis? Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Artjoms Ivlevs, Michail Veliziotis

published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 23 (1), 81-96

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9412

The Welfare Effects of Globalization with Labor Market Regulation

Tapio K. Palokangas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9410

Temporary Employment, Demand Volatility and Unions: Firm-Level Evidence

Francesco Devicienti, Paolo Naticchioni, Andrea Ricci

published in: Industrial and Labor Relation Review, 2018, 71 (1), 174-207

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9221

Sources of the Union Wage Gap: Results from High-Dimensional Fixed Effects Regression Models

John T. Addison, Pedro Portugal, Hugo Vilares

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9125

Micro-Evidence on Product and Labor Market Regime Differences between Chile and France

Sabien Dobbelaere, Rodolfo Lauterbach, Jacques Mairesse

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (2), 229 - 252

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9124

Comparing Micro-Evidence on Rent Sharing from Three Different Approaches

Sabien Dobbelaere, Jacques Mairesse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8989

Is There a Link Between Employer-Provided Health Insurance and Job Mobility? Evidence from Recent Micro Data

Benjamin W. Chute, Phanindra V. Wunnava

published in: Open Journal of Human Resource Management, 2018, 1 (1), 38 - 52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8894

Trade, Wages, and Collective Bargaining: Evidence from France

Juan Carluccio, Denis Fougère, Erwan Gautier

published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (584), 803-837

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8802

The Impact of Temporary Agency Work on Trade Union Wage Setting: A Theoretical Analysis

Thomas Beissinger, Philipp Baudy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8750

Job Quality in Segmented Labor Markets: The Israeli Case

Shoshana Neuman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8441

Examining the Relationship between Employee Resistance to Changes in Job Conditions and Wider Organisational Change: Evidence from Ireland

Hugh Cronin, Seamus McGuinness

Published in: Evidence Based HRM, 2015, 4 (1), 30 - 48

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8419

Minimum Wage Systems and Earnings Inequalities: Does Institutional Diversity Matter?

Andrea Garnero, Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx

published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015, 21 (2), 115-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8416

Who Do Unions Target? Unionization over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses

Emin Dinlersoz, Jeremy Greenwood, Henry R. Hyatt

published in: ILR Review, 2017, 70(3): 733-766

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8361

Spillover Effects of Unionisation on Non-members' Well-being

Getinet Astatike Haile, Alex Bryson, Michael White

Published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 35: 108-122

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8359

Changes in Bargaining Status and Intra-Plant Wage Dispersion in Germany: A Case of (Almost) Plus Ça Change?

John T. Addison, Arnd Kölling, Paulino Teixeira

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8358

Two-Tier Bargaining

Tito Boeri

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8259

Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes

Arindrajit Dube, Ethan Kaplan, Owen Thompson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8257

Union Decline and the Coverage Wage Gap in Germany

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Jens Stephani, Lutz Bellmann

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2015, 36 (3), 301-317.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8220

Labour-Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings

Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi

published in: A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution, 2, 2015, 1535–1727

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7871

Collective Bargaining and Innovation in Germany: Cooperative Industrial Relations?

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Katalin Evers, Lutz Bellmann

revised version published as 'Collective Bargaining and Innovation in Germany: A Case of Cooperative Industrial Relations?' in: Industrial Relations, 2017, 56(1), 73-121.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7870

Chinese Unions and Enterprises Performance

Tony Fang, Ying Ge

published in: Asian Business & Management. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41291-018-00052-0

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7541

The Economics of First-Contract Mediation

Sabien Dobbelaere, Roland Iwan Luttens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7474

Indicative and Updated Estimates of the Collective Bargaining Premium in Germany

John T. Addison, Paulino Teixeira, Katalin Evers, Lutz Bellmann

published in: Industrial Relations, 2014, 53 (1), 125-157.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7471

Relative Consumption, Working Time, and Trade Unions

Laszlo Goerke, Inga Hillesheim

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 170-179

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7351

Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data

Andrea Garnero, Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015, 53(4), 760–788

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7232

The Changing Size Distribution of U.S. Trade Unions and Its Description by Pareto's Distribution

John Pencavel

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2014, 67 (1), 138-170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7075

Heterogeneity in Union Status and Employee Well-Being

Getinet Astatike Haile, Alex Bryson, Michael White

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6873

Promotion and Wages in Mid-Career: Gender, Unionism, and Sector

John T. Addison, Orgul Demet Ozturk, Si Wang

revised version published as 'The Role of Gender in Promotion and Pay over a Career' in: Journal of Human Capital, 2014, 8 (3), 280-317

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6799

Fairness Considerations in Labor Union Wage Setting: A Theoretical Analysis

Matthias Strifler, Thomas Beissinger

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 63 (3), 303-330

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6792

Union Membership and Density: Some (Not So) Stylized Facts and Challenges

Claus Schnabel

published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2013, 19 (3), 255-272

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6779

Recent Longitudinal Evidence of Size and Union Threat Effects across Genders

Phanindra V. Wunnava

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6777

Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence: Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform

Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 33, 13–25

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6757

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

Fernando Rios-Avila, Barry Hirsch

published in: Industrial Relations, 2014, 53 (1), 1-27.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6536

Union Decline in Britain: Is Chauvinism Also to Blame?

Getinet Astatike Haile

Published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6534

The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel Data Evidence from South Africa

Andrew Kerr, Francis J. Teal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6176

Wage Dispersion and Decentralization of Wage Bargaining

Christian M. Dahl, Daniel le Maire, Jakob R. Munch

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 31 (3), 501-533

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6010

Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium?

Stephan Kampelmann, Francois Rycx

published in: Socio-Economic Review, 2013, 11 (1), 131-157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5875

Let's Take Bargaining Models Seriously: The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009

Boris Hirsch, Claus Schnabel

substantially revised version published as 'What Can We Learn from Bargaining Models about Union Power? The Decline in Union Power in Germany, 1992-2009' in: Manchester School, 2014, 82 (3), 347-362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5872

What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries: The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth

Mihails Hazans

published as: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5917, 2011/12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5798

The Role of Profit Sharing in Dual Labour Markets with Flexible Outsourcing

Erkki Koskela, Jan König

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5574

Union Threat and Non-Union Employment: A Natural Experiment on the Use of Temporary Employment in British Firms

Andrea Salvatori

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19 (6), 944–956

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5518