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Individually Rational Union Membership

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Bulkley, G.
Myles, G.D.

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The Analysis of the determinants of union membership has typically met difficulties with the free-rider problem that union membership is not individually-rational. We assume that workers differ in their reservation wages and hence in their choice of contracts, preventing free-riding on the contarct choice of others.

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Paper provided by University of Exeter, School of Business and Economics in its series Discussion Papers with number 96/12.

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Date of creation: 1996
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Keywords: TRADE UNIONS;

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