Unions, Work-Related Training, and Wages: Evidence for British Men

Alison Booth, Marco Francesconi and Gylfi Zoega

No 737, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using data from the British Household Panel Survey from 1991 to 1996, the authors investigate the impact of union coverage on work-related training and how the union-training link affects wages and wage growth for a sample of full-time men. Relative to uncovered workers, union-covered men are more likely to receive training and also receive more days of training. In addition, union-covered men experience greater returns to training, and coveredtrained workers face a higher wage growth. While some of these findings have been found in previous studies, others are new. The wage results, in particular, suggest a rethinking is warranted of the conventional view that union wage formation in Britain reduces the incentives to acquire work-related training.

Keywords: general training; human capital; union coverage; wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 J41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2003-03
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Published - published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2003, 57 (1), 68-91

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