Arbeitspapier
Earnings-Related Unemployment Benefits in a Unionised Economy
We show that a stronger earnings relationship of unemployment compensation reduces wages and increases employment in an economy in which wages are determined by a trade union that maximises the rent from unionisation. The opposite result applies for a utilitarian union. Using manufacturing and non-manufacturing data for 16 OECD countries, estimates suggest that a 10% increase in the earnings relationship is associated with a 1.9% fall in manufacturing wages, a 0.6% reduction in non-manufacturing wages and a 7.3% reduction in unemployment.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 701
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- Thema
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earnings relationship
OECD
panel data
trade union
unemployment
unemployment benefits
Arbeitslosenversicherung
Lohnersatzleistungen
Einkommen
Beschäftigungseffekt
Lohnverhandlungstheorie
Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad
Schätzung
Theorie
OECD-Staaten
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Madsen, Jakob B.
Goerke, Laszlo
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2003
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Madsen, Jakob B.
- Goerke, Laszlo
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2003