Productivity and trade unions in British manufacturing industry 1973-85

Kevin Denny

No 199310, Working Papers from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper uses panel data on British manufacturing industries between 1973 and 1985 to examine the relationship between productivity and labour organisation. It is shown that the precise relationship between unions and productivity levels is difficult to pin down. There is some evidence of a negative relationship further as does controlling for endogeneity. We also find some evidence that industrial concentration is associated with higher levels of measured productivity.

Keywords: Manufacturing industries--Labor productivity--Great Britain; Labor unions--Great Britain; Industrial productivity--Great Britiain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 J51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993-05
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