Union Density Changes and Union Effects on Firm Performance in Peru

Jaime Saavedra and Maximo Torero

No 3282, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: The paper documents the sharp reduction in union density in Peru between 1986 and 1998, in a context of large macroeconomic fluctuations, structural reforms and changes in the Collective Bargaining Law in 1993. The authors find that a blue-collar job, a permanent contract, higher education and working in a large firm increase the likelihood of unionization, but only before the legislative change. Using a panel of firms for the manufacturing sector for the period 1994-1996, a negative impact of unions on profits for all firm sizes is found. In the econometric analysis, a significant negative effect even after controlling for firm and sector characteristics and firm fixed effects is found. There is some evidence that this effect diminishes over time, consistent with the reduction in union density during that period, but the reduction is not robust to different specifications.

Keywords: labor market; business enterprises; labor unions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-09
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