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What do Unions do to Productivity? A Meta-Analysis

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Laroche, P.

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The impact of unions on productivity has been an important area of debate in industrial relations and economics. The theoretical and empirical literature has produced conflicting results. In this paper, meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis is used to quantify the association between unions and productivity and reach a quantitative assessment of the empirical literature.

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Paper provided by Groupe de recherche en économie financière et en gestion des entreprises, Universite Nancy 2 in its series Papers with number 2000-5.

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Length: 37 pages
Date of creation: 2000
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Handle: RePEc:fth:grefge:2000-5

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Keywords: PRODUCTIVITY ; WORKERS' REPRESENTATION ; LITTERATURE;

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A00 - General Economics and Teaching - - General - - - General
B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
Z00 - Other Special Topics - - General - - - General
J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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  1. David Metcalf, 2002. "Unions and Productivity, Financial Performance and Investment: International Evidence," CEP Discussion Papers dp0539, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
  2. Gerlach, Knut & Stephan, Gesine, 2005. "Tarifverträge und betriebliche Entlohnungsstrukturen," IAB Discussion Paper 200520, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]. [Downloadable!]
  3. Simona Rasciute & Eric J Pentecost, 2008. "A Meta-Analysis of the Robustness of Market Size and Labour Cost Determinants of FDI," Discussion Paper Series 2008_15, Department of Economics, Loughborough University, revised Dec 2008. [Downloadable!]
  4. MORIKAWA Masayuki, 2008. "What Do Japanese Unions Do for Productivity?: An Empirical Analysis Using Firm-Level Data," Discussion papers 08027, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). [Downloadable!]
  5. Hirsch, Barry T., 2003. "What Do Unions Do for Economic Performance?," IZA Discussion Papers 892, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  6. Richard B. Freeman, 2005. "What Do Unions Do?: The 2004 M-Brane Stringtwister Edition," NBER Working Papers 11410, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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