Les délégués syndicaux sont-ils discriminés ?

Thomas Breda ()

Revue économique, 2014, vol. 65, issue 6, 841-880

Abstract: This paper offers the first estimate of union representatives? wages and discusses its possible interpretations. After recalling the French institutional context in terms of collective bargaining, we clarify the theoretical specificities of the strategic interaction occurring between employers and union representatives during the bargaining process. We discuss the reasons why it may be rational for an employer to discriminate against union representatives. Using employer-employee data and an original econometric strategy, we then estimate that, under plausible assumptions, union representatives? wages are on average 10 % lower than that of their unionized and non-unionized coworkers. Several tests suggest that this wage gap may indeed reflect discrimination against union representatives. This interpretation is consistent with the representatives? opinions : almost half of them feels discriminated against, and this proportion varies with the representatives? observable characteristics similarly to their wage penalty. Classification JEL : J31, J53, J71.

JEL-codes: J31 J53 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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