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Les délégués syndicaux sont-ils discriminés ?

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  • Thomas Breda

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This paper offers the first estimate of union representatives? wages and discusses its possible interpretations. After recalling the French institutional context in terms of collective bargaining, we clarify the theoretical specificities of the strategic interaction occurring between employers and union representatives during the bargaining process. We discuss the reasons why it may be rational for an employer to discriminate against union representatives. Using employer-employee data and an original econometric strategy, we then estimate that, under plausible assumptions, union representatives? wages are on average 10 % lower than that of their unionized and non-unionized coworkers. Several tests suggest that this wage gap may indeed reflect discrimination against union representatives. This interpretation is consistent with the representatives? opinions : almost half of them feels discriminated against, and this proportion varies with the representatives? observable characteristics similarly to their wage penalty. Classification JEL : J31, J53, J71.

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  • Thomas Breda, 2014. "Les délégués syndicaux sont-ils discriminés ?," Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 65(6), pages 841-880.
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    1. Clément Brébion, 2020. "The impact of works council membership on wages in Germany: a case of strategic discrimination?," PSE Working Papers halshs-02436686, HAL.
    2. Olivier Guillot & Magali Jaoul-Grammare & Isabelle Terraz, 2019. "Union Membership in France: An Empirical Study," Working Papers of BETA 2019-04, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    3. Clément Brébion, 2022. "The wage impact of being a works council representative in Germany: A case of strategic discrimination?," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(4), pages 418-455, October.
    4. Clément Brébion, 2021. "The works council wage premium in Germany: a case of strategic discrimination?," Working Papers halshs-03100169, HAL.

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    JEL classification:

    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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