Unions, Wage Gaps, and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence from the Americas

Fernando Rios-Avila () and Barry Hirsch

No 6757, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: Using a common methodology, the effects of unions on wage levels and wage dispersion are estimated for two neighboring countries, Bolivia and Chile, and for the U.S. The analysis shows that unions have broadly similar effects on the wage distribution within these three economies. The findings suggest that the political economy of unions, coupled with market constraints on labor costs, produce commonality in union wage effects that transcend other economic and institutional differences.

Keywords: Latin America; wages; unions; wage dispersion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2012-07
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Published - published in: Industrial Relations, 2014, 53 (1), 1-27.

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