The wage impact of trade unions in the UK public and private sectors

Economica

Volumn 77, Issue 305, 2010, Pages 92-109

  BlanchfloweR, David G ^a,b,c   Bryson, Alex ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; TRADE UNION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKPLACE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 73349109149     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00726.x     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Abowd J, Farber H. Job queues and the union status of workers. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 1982, 36:354-67.
2. Blanchflower D G. Union relative wage effects: a cross-section analysis using establishment data. British Journal of Industrial Relations 1984, 22:311-32.
3. Blanchflower D G. What effect do unions have on relative wages in Great Britain? British Journal of Industrial Relations 1986, 24:196-204.
4. Blanchflower D G. International patterns of union membership. British Journal of Industrial Relations 2007, 45:1-28.
5. Blanchflower D G, Bryson A, Addison J T, Schnabel C. Changes over time in union relative wage effects in the UK and the US revisited. International Handbook of Trade Unions 2003, 197-245. In, (eds.), Cheltenham, Glos., Edward Elgar, pp
6. Blanchflower D G, Bryson A. What effect do unions have on wages now, and would Freeman and Medoff be surprised? Journal of Labor Research 2004a, 25:383-414.
7. Blanchflower D G, Bryson A. 2004b, 133-140. Union relative wage effects in the United States and the United Kingdom. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, pp
8. Blanchflower D G, Oswald A J, Garrett M D. Insider power in wage determination. Economica 1990, 57:143-70.
9. Booth A L, Bryan M L. The union membership wage-premium puzzle: is there a free rider problem? Industrial and Labor Relations Review 2004, 57:402-21.
10. Bryson A, Freeman R. 2006, Worker needs and voice in the US and the UK. Working Paper no. 12310, NBER, Cambridge, Mass
11. Bryson A, Gomez R. Why have workers stopped joining unions? Accounting for the rise in never-membership in Britain. British Journal of Industrial Relations 2005, 43:67-92.
12. Farber H. 2001, Notes on the economics of labor unions. Working Paper no. 452, Princeton University Industrial Relations Section
13. Farber H. 2003, Nonunion wage rates and the threat of unionization. Working Paper no. 9705, NBER
14. Forth J, Millward N. Union effects on pay levels in Britain. Labour Economics 2002, 9:547-61.
15. Freeman R B, Medoff J. The impact of the percentage organized on union and non-union wages. Review of Economics and Statistics 1981, 63:561-72.
16. Freeman R B, Medoff J. What Do Unions Do? 1984, London, Basic Books
17. Grainger H, Crowther M. Trade Union Membership, 2006 2007, London, Department of Trade and Industry
18. Heckman J J, Urzua S, Vytlacil E. 2006, Understanding instrumental variables in models with essential heterogeneity. Working Paper no. 12574, NBER
19. Hicks S, Lindsay C, Livesey D, Barford N, Williams R. Public sector employment. 2005, London, Office for National Statistics
20. Kersley B, Alpin C, Forth J, Bryson A, Bewley H, Dix G, Oxenbridge S. Inside the Workplace: Findings from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey 2006, London, Routledge
21. Lewis H G. Unionism and Relative Wages in the United States: an Empirical Inquiry 1963, Chicago, University of Chicago Press
22. Lewis H G. Union Relative Wage Effects: A Survey 1986, Chicago, University of Chicago Press
23. Ormerod C, Ritchie F. Linking ASHE and LFS: can the main earnings sources be reconciled? Economic & Labour Market Review 2007, 1((3)):24-31. London: Office for National Statistics
24. Rosen S. Trade union power, threat effects and the extent of organization. Review of Economic Studies 1969, 36:185-96.
25. Sanner H. 2003, Imperfect goods and labour markets and the union wage gap. Discussion Paper no. 55, Potsdam University