The impact of centralized bargaining on spillovers and the wage structure in monopsonistic labour markets

Ihsaan Bassier

No wp-2021-132, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: How does centralized bargaining affect the broader wage structure? And what does this tell us about the (non-)competitive dynamics of such labour markets? I study large contracted wage increases negotiated by centralized bargaining councils in South Africa, using matched employer-employee tax panel data from 2008 to 2018. First, my stacked event-study of bargaining council firms shows sharp wage increases in bargaining councils, concentrated in mid-wage and mid-size firms.

Keywords: Wages; Collective bargaining; Monopsony; Spillovers; event study; Labour market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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