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Unions and Wage Determination: Can Monopsonist Unions Reduce Unemployment?

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Title Unions and Wage Determination: Can Monopsonist Unions Reduce Unemployment?
 
Creator MARTINS, Ana Paula; Department of Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. This research started while the author was Invited Professor at Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 
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Description Abstract. This paper extends the standard closed shop union model of wage determination by introducing endogeneity of union membership. The labor market outcome with endogenous membership may differ when unions behave monopsonisticaly relative to the case where they are "membership-takers", resulting in higher or lower wages (more or less favorable contract curve in efficient bargaining) according to the form union´s utility function and/or implicit decision process value union size. Some notes are added highlighting the role of membership fees in the membership function determination of a union that works as a nonprofit organization.Keywords. Unions, Wage Determination Models, Union Membership, Union Bargaining, Corporatism, Monopsonist Union, (Collective Choice).JEL. J51, J42, E24, D71, P42.
 
Publisher Journal of Economics Bibliography
 
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Date 2016-12-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEB/article/view/1135
10.1453/jeb.v3i4.1135
 
Source Journal of Economics Bibliography; Vol 3, No 4 (2016): December; 626-643
2149-2387
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEB/article/view/1135/1085
 
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