Why Unions Reduce Wage Inequality, II: The Relation between Solidarity and Unity

dc.contributor.author	Stennek, Johan
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-07T09:53:27Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-07T09:53:27Z
dc.date.issued	2015-09
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/40533
dc.description	JEL: J31, J51	sv
dc.description.abstract	This paper demonstrates that the decisions by workers of different skills to unite to form industry unions is closely linked to the egalitarian wage policies that such unions pursue. These results help interpret the stylized facts about unions: that they not only increase wages but also reduce wage inequality. I also demonstrate that political caps on collectively negotiated minimum wages may reduce the wages of all blue-collar workers (cf. “internal devaluation”), but that they may also cause unions to disintegrate in the long run.	sv
dc.format.extent	33	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	625	sv
dc.subject	inequality	sv
dc.subject	wage differences	sv
dc.subject	minimum wages	sv
dc.subject	trade unions	sv
dc.subject	collective negotiations	sv
dc.subject	strategic commitment	sv
dc.title	Why Unions Reduce Wage Inequality, II: The Relation between Solidarity and Unity	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.type.svep	report	sv
dc.contributor.organization	Dept. of Economics, University of Gothenburg	sv