Employment and wage effects of extending collective bargaining agreements

Artikel

In many countries, the wage floors and working conditions set in collective contracts negotiated by a subset of employers and unions are subsequently extended to all employees in an industry. Those extensions ensure common working conditions within the industry, mitigate wage inequality, and reduce gender wage gaps. However, little is known about the so-called bite of collective contracts and whether they limit wage adjustments for all workers. Evidence suggests that collective contract benefits come at the cost of reduced employment levels, though typically only for workers earning close to the wage floors.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2022 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Labor Demand ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
• Thema: bite of collective contracts ; wage inequality ; employment losses

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Villanueva, Ernesto ; Adamopoulou, Effrosyni
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2022

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.136.v2
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/260680
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ