What Do Unions Maximise? Evidence from Survey Data

P. Gahan

Working Papers from The University of New South Wales. Department of Industrial Relations.

Abstract: Mathematically tractable models of unionism have been well developed and are widely used in the economic literature. However, assumptions about union goals and preferences, and how these are determined, are not supported by extensive empirical evidence. Following the lead of Clark and Oswald (1993) , this paper explores these questions through a survey of union leaders to ascertain the range of union goals and their preferences.

Keywords: LABOUR; UNIONS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 1998
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fth:nswair:122

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from The University of New South Wales. Department of Industrial Relations. Australia; The University of New South Wales. Department of Industrial Relations. P.O. Box 1, Kingsington, NSW 2033, Australia.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Thomas Krichel ().