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Labor and Demographic Economics: Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective


2012
w17733 Aaron J. Sojourner
Robert J. Town
David C. Grabowski
Michelle M. Chen
Impacts of Unionization on Employment, Product Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence From Nursing Homes

w17745 Douglas L. Kruse
Joseph R. Blasi
Richard B. Freeman
Does Linking Worker Pay to Firm Performance Help the Best Firms Do Even Better?


2011
w17693 Sean Dougherty
Verónica C. Frisancho Robles
Kala Krishna
Employment Protection Legislation and Plant-Level Productivity in India

w17265 Serguey Braguinsky
Lee G. Branstetter
Andre Regateiro
The Incredible Shrinking Portuguese Firm

w16846 Michael Baker
Industrial Actions in Schools: Strikes and Student Achievement


2010
w16626 Morris M. Kleiner
David Weil
Evaluating the Effectiveness of National Labor Relations Act Remedies: Analysis and Comparison with Other Workplace Penalty Policies

w16560 Morris M. Kleiner
Kyoung Won Park
Battles Among Licensed Occupations: Analyzing Government Regulations on Labor Market Outcomes for Dentists and Hygienists

w16484 Viral V. Acharya
Ramin P. Baghai
Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian
Labor Laws and Innovation

w16292 Alex Bryson
Richard B. Freeman
To Join or Not to Join? Factors Influencing Employee Share Plan Membership in a Multinational Corporation

w16220 Sabien Dobbelaere
Jacques Mairesse
Micro-evidence on Rent Sharing from Different Perspectives

w16160 Henry S. Farber
Rational Choice and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Union Representation Elections

w16048 W. Bentley MacLeod
Great Expectations: Law, Employment Contracts, and Labor Market Performance

w15855 Jonathan Gruber
Samuel A. Kleiner
Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State

w15825 Silvie Colman
Theodore J. Joyce
Regulating Abortion: Impact on Patients and Providers in Texas

w15655 Brian A. Jacob
The Effect of Employment Protection on Worker Effort: Evidence from Public Schooling


2009
w15263 R. Alison Felix
James R. Hines
Jr.
Corporate Taxes and Union Wages in the United States

w14979 Morris M. Kleiner
Alan B. Krueger
Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market

w14830 Robert Buchele
Douglas Kruse
Loren Rodgers
Adria Scharf
Show Me the Money: Does Shared Capitalism Share the Wealth?

w14789 Richard B. Freeman
Labor Regulations, Unions, and Social Protection in Developing Countries: Market distortions or Efficient Institutions?

w14709 David Lee
Alexandre Mas
Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961-1999


2008
w14589 John F. Helliwell
Haifang Huang
Well-being and Trust in the Workplace

w14348 David H. Autor
The Economics of Labor Market Intermediation: An Analytic Framework

w14229 Joseph R. Blasi
Douglas L. Kruse
Harry M. Markowitz
Risk and Lack of Diversification under Employee Ownership and Shared Capitalism

w14272 Arindrajit Dube
Richard Freeman
Complementarity of Shared Compensation and Decision-Making Systems: Evidence from the American Labor Market

w14234 Erika Harden
Douglas L. Kruse
Joseph R. Blasi
Who Has a Better Idea? Innovation, Shared Capitalism, and HR Policies

w14233 Douglas Kruse
Richard Freeman
Joseph Blasi
Do Workers Gain by Sharing? Employee Outcomes under Employee Ownership, Profit Sharing, and Broad-based Stock Options

w14230 Joseph R. Blasi
Richard B. Freeman
Chris Mackin
Douglas L. Kruse
Creating a Bigger Pie? The Effects of Employee Ownership, Profit Sharing, and Stock Options on Workplace Performance

w14227 Richard Freeman
Douglas Kruse
Joseph Blasi
WORKER RESPONSES TO SHIRKING UNDER SHARED CAPITALISM

w14225 Douglas L. Kruse
Joseph R. Blasi
Rhokeun Park
Shared Capitalism in the U.S. Economy? Prevalence, Characteristics, and Employee Views of Financial Participation in Enterprises

w13975 Sabien Dobbelaere
Jacques Mairesse
Panel Data Estimates Of The Production Function And Product And Labor Market Imperfections

w13920 John Haltiwanger
Stefano Scarpetta
Helena Schweiger
Assessing Job Flows Across Countries: The Role of Industry, Firm Size and Regulations

w13850 Richard B. Freeman
M. Marit Rehavi
Helping Workers Online and Offline: Innovations in Union and Worker Organization Using the Internet

w13784 Radha Iyengar
I'd rather be Hanged for a Sheep than a Lamb: The Unintended Consequences of 'Three-Strikes' Laws


2007
w13523 Thomas Lemieux
The Changing Nature of Wage Inequality

w13212 Thomas J. Holmes
Michael Walrath
Dynamics of Union Organizations: A Look at Gross Flows in the LORS Files

w13210 Lex Borghans
Ben Kriechel
Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003

w13138 Alexandre Mas
Labor Unrest and the Quality of Production: Evidence from the Construction Equipment Resale Market

w13106 Frank Levy
Peter Temin
Inequality and Institutions in 20th Century America

w13064 Tor Eriksson
Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
Wage and Labor Mobility in Denmark, 1980-2000

w13029 Bruno Contini
Roberto Leombruni
Lia Pacelli
Claudia Villosio
Wage Mobility and Dynamics in Italy in the 90's

w13015 Susan Helper
Morris M. Kleiner
International Differences in Lean Production, Productivity and Employee Attitudes

w12974 Arngrim Hunnes
Jarle Møen
Kjell G. Salvanes
Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in Norway 1980-1997

w12878 Wei Chi
Richard B. Freeman
Morris M. Kleiner
Adoption and Termination of Employee Involvement Programs


2006
w12739 Holger M. Mueller
Thomas Philippon
Family Firms, Paternalism, and Labor Relations

w12416 Chulhee Lee
Military Positions and Post-Service Occupational Mobility of Union Army Veterans, 1861-1880

w12202 Alexandre Mas
Pay, Reference Points, and Police Performance

w12032 Diego Comin
Erica L. Groshen
Bess Rabin
Turbulent Firms, Turbulent Wages?

w12025 Thomas J. Holmes
Geographic Spillover of Unionism


2005
w11829 David Card
Sara de la Rica
The Effect of Firm-Level Contracts on the Structure of Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

w11342 Scott Adams
David Neumark
The Effects of Living Wage Laws: Evidence from Failed and Derailed Living Wage Campaigns

w11189 Orley Ashenfelter
Gordon B. Dahl
Strategic Bargaining Behavior, Self-Serving Biases, and the Role of Expert Agents: An Empirical Study of Final-Offer Arbitration


2004
w10590 Olivier Blanchard
Thomas Philippon
The Quality of Labor Relations and Unemployment


2003
w10177 Douglas Kruse
Richard Freeman
Joseph Blasi
Robert Buchele
Adria Scharf
Motivating Employee-Owners in ESOP Firms: Human Resource Policies and Company Performance

w10000 Richard B. Freeman
Trade Wars: The Exaggerated Impact of Trade in Economic Debate

w9992 Richard B. Freeman
What Do Unions Do ... to Voting?

w9973 David G. Blanchflower
Alex Bryson
What Effect do Unions Have on Wages Now and Would 'What Do Unions Do' Be Surprised?

w9705 Henry Farber
Nonunion Wage Rates and the Threat of Unionization

w9590 Eileen Appelbaum
Larry W. Hunter
Union Participation in Strategic Decisions of Corporations

w9569 Sandra E. Black
Lisa Lynch
Anya Krivelyova
How Workers Fare When Employers Innovate

w9565 David Weil
Individual Rights and Collective Agents: The Role of Old and New Workplace Institution in the Regulation of Labor Markets

w9564 John Pencavel
The Surprising Retreat of Union Britain

w9524 Alan B. Krueger
Alexandre Mas
Strikes, Scabs and Tread Separations: Labor Strife and the Production of Defective Bridgestone/Firestone Tires

w9473 David Card
Thomas Lemieux
W. Craig Riddell
Unionization and Wage Inequality: A Comparative Study of the U.S, the U.K., and Canada


2002
w9395 David Blanchflower
Alex Bryson
Changes over time in union relative wage effects in the UK and the US revisited

w8965 Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Studying Ourselves: The Academic Labor Market

w8865 Steinar Holden
The Costs of Price Stability - Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in Europe

w8861 Daniel B. Klaff
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Collective Bargaining and Staff Salaries in American Colleges and Universities

w8729 Morris M. Kleiner
Hwikwon Ham
Do Industrial Relations Institutions Impact Economic Outcomes?: International and U.S. State-Level Evidence


2001
w8526 Giuseppe Bertola
Francine D. Blau
Lawrence M. Kahn
Comparative Analysis of Labor Market Outcomes: Lessons for the US from International Long-Run Evidence

w8413 Amanda Gosling
Thomas Lemieux
Labour Market Reforms and Changes in Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom and the United States

w8393 David Neumark
Living Wages: Protection For or Protection From Low-Wage Workers?

w8257 Michael Kremer
Benjamin A. Olken
A Biological Model of Unions

w8210 Francine D. Blau
Lawrence M. Kahn
Do Cognitive Test Scores Explain Higher US Wage Inequality?

w8200 Francine D. Blau
Lawrence M. Kahn
Understanding International Differences in the Gender Pay Gap

w8111 Peter Cappelli
David Neumark
External Job Churning and Internal Job Flexibility


2000
w7965 Takao Kato
The Recent Transformation of Participatory Employment Practices in Japan

w7794 John DiNardo
Kevin F. Hallock
When Unions "Mattered": Assessing the Impact of Strikes on Financial Markets: 1925-1937

w7731 Robert Rich
Joseph Tracy
Uncertainty and Labor Contract Durations

w7680 Casey B. Mulligan
Can Monopoly Unionism Explain Publicly Induced Retirement?

w7646 Sebastian Edwards
Alejandra Cox Edwards
Economic Reforms and Labor Markets: Policy Issues and Lessons from Chile

w7502 Steven J. Davis
Magnus Henrekson
Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy

w7501 Adriana Cassoni
Steven G. Allen
Gaston J. Labadie
The Effect of Unions on Employment: Evidence from an Unnatural Experiment in Uruguay


1999
w7414 Morris M. Kleiner
Jonathan S. Leonard
Adam M. Pilarski
Do Industrial Relations Affect Plant Performance?: The Case of Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing

w7294 Orley Ashenfelter
Dean Hyslop
Measuring the Effects of Arbitration on Wage Levels: The Case of Police Officers

w7229 Henry S. Farber
Union Success in Representation Elections: Why Does Unit Size Matter?

w6922 Erkki Koskela
Ronnie Schob
Hans-Werner Sinn
Green Tax Reform and Competitiveness


1998
w6685 Clemens Fuest
Bernd Huber
Why Do Countries Subsidize Investment and Not Employment?

w6520 David Card
Falling Union Membership and Rising Wage Inequality: What's the Connection?


1997
w6118 Michael Kremer
Why are Worker Cooperatives So Rare?

w5869 Morris M. Kleiner
Robert T. Kudrle
Does Regulation Affect Economic Outcomes?: The Case of Dentistry


1996
w5716 Jennifer Hunt
The Response of Wages and Actual Hours Worked to the Reductions of Standard Hours

h0086 Joshua L. Rosenbloom
Strikebreaking and the Labor Market in the United States, 1881-1874

w5493 John M. Abowd
Laurence Allain
Compensation Structure and Product Market Competition


1995
w5368 Janet Currie
Joseph Ferrie
Strikes and the Law in the U.S., 1881-1894: New Evidence on the Origins of American Exceptionalism

w5333 Casey Ichniowski
Kathryn Shaw
Giovanna Prennushi
The Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Productivity

w5106 Peter C. Cramton
Joseph S. Tracy
The Use of Replacement Workers in Union Contract Negotiations: The U.S. Experience, 1980-1989

w5105 Peter C. Cramton
Morley Gunderson
Joseph S. Tracy
The Effect of Collective Bargaining Legislation on Strikes and Wages


1994
w4733 Richard Disney
Amanda Gosling
Stephen Machin
British Unions in Decline: An Examination of the 1980s Fall in Trade Union Recognition

w4674 Steven G. Allen
Developments in Collective Bargaining in Construction in the 1980s and 1990s

w4664 Steven G. Allen
Updated Notes on the Interindustry Wage Structure


1992
w4216 Henry S. Farber
Alan B. Krueger
Union Membership in the United States: The Decline Continues

w4195 David Card
The Effect of Unions on the Distribution of Wages: Redistribution or Relabelling?

w4075 David Card
Craig A. Olson
Bargaining Power, Strike Duration, and Wage Outcomes: An Analysis of Strikes in the 1880s

w3978 Janet Currie
Sheena McConnell
The Impact of Collective Bargaining Legislation on Disputes in the U.S. Public Sector: No Policy May Be the Worst Policy

w3952 Janet Currie
Henry S. Farber
Is Arbitration Addictive? Evidence From the Laboratory and the Field


1991
w3821 Janet Currie
Rules, Coordination and Manipulability Among Arbitrators

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