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Union duopoly with homogeneous labor: The effect of membership and employment constraints

Journal of Economics Bibliography

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Title Union duopoly with homogeneous labor: The effect of membership and employment constraints
 
Creator MARTINS, Ana Paula
 
Subject Unions; Wage determination models; Union bargaining; Corporatism; Imperfect competition and union behavior; Union oligopoly; Union membership; Union representativeness; Occupational licensure.
J51; E24; D45; D49; C79.
 
Description Abstract. This research analyzes the labor market outcome when there are two unions in the industry, representing homogeneous workers (hence, unions use employment strategies), in the presence of union employment (quantity) constraints. Three strategic environments are considered: Nash-Cournot duopoly, Stackelberg duopoly and efficient cooperation between the two unions. Employment constraints -ceilings and floors- originate kinks and/or discontinuities in the reaction functions, leading to corner solutions and special features of the labor market equilibrium. Two types of constraints are discussed. One is insufficient employed membership (ceiling) for the interior solution. Then it may be optimal for a Stackelberg leader to push the other to the bound. The other case considered is the legal requirement of a minimum number of employed members that the union must have to be constituted. Entry-deterrence strategies of the leading union may then emerge.Keywords. Unions, Wage determination models, Union bargaining, Corporatism, Imperfect competition and union behavior, Union oligopoly, Union membership, Union representativeness, Occupational licensure.JEL. J51, E24, D45, D49, C79.
 
Publisher Journal of Economics Bibliography
 
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Date 2020-10-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEB/article/view/2112
10.1453/jeb.v7i3.2112
 
Source Journal of Economics Bibliography; Vol 7, No 3 (2020): September; 127-162
2149-2387
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEB/article/view/2112/2115
 
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