This book analyzes the crucial features of unionized labor markets in industrialized countries, with particular emphasis on Britain and the United States. The techniques used by economists to model unionized labor markets are carefully explained. The connection between theoretical modeling and empirical testing of the theories is also emphasized. The book is directed to undergraduate economics students studying labor economics and to masters students in economics or industrial relations, but it is also accessible to general readers with a quantitative background.
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"She does an admirable and very thorough job covering the history of unions in Britain and the US; the standard (and not-so-standard) economic theory of union behavior; the effects of unions on wages, wage structure, investment and productivity, profitability, and employment; and the relationship between unions and the macroeconomy....always clear, and the bibliography is outstanding. Highly recommended to upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professional economists." Choice
"It provides an excellent insight into a rich vein of inquiry." Edmund Heery, Labour/Le Travail
"It provides an excellent insight into a rich vein of inquiry." Edmund Heery, Labour/Le Travail
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The techniques used by economists to model unionized labor markets are carefully explained in analyzing the crucial features of unionized labor markets of industrialized countries, with particular emphasis on Britain and the United States.
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Over the past two decades, there has been an extraordinary expansion of the economic theory of the trade union. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rent division curve, union wage markup, monopoly union model, union productivity differentials, hourly membership, particular bargaining structure, unions increase productivity, union wage gap, union objective function, union markup, efficient bargaining model, labour demand curve, arbitrarily fixed level, nonunion labour, perfectly competitive product market, unionised labour market, union indifference curve, rent maximisation, labour turnover costs, utilitarian objective function, aggregate labour market, unionised economies, trade union explicitly, labour withdrawal, unionised economy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Over the past two decades, there has been an extraordinary expansion of the economic theory of the trade union. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rent division curve, union wage markup, monopoly union model, union productivity differentials, hourly membership, particular bargaining structure, unions increase productivity, union wage gap, union objective function, union markup, efficient bargaining model, labour demand curve, arbitrarily fixed level, nonunion labour, perfectly competitive product market, unionised labour market, union indifference curve, rent maximisation, labour turnover costs, utilitarian objective function, aggregate labour market, unionised economies, trade union explicitly, labour withdrawal, unionised economy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Phelps Brown, Wagner Act, Second World War, Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, Employment Act, First World War, General Strike, United Kingdom, European Community, General Household Survey, Labour Representation Committee, Royal Commission, Trade Union Act New!
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- Industrial Relations by G. D. Green on 4 pages
- Current Issues in Labour Economics (Current Issues in Economics) by David Sapsford in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Labor Economics: Worth Series in Outstanding Contributions by Orley Ashenfelter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- International and Comparative Industrial Relations by Russell Lansbury in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Employment Gazette: Vol 100 no 1 by Great Britain in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Studies in Labour Markets and Industrial Relations (Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy) by Mario Baldassarri on page 92, and page 168
- Labour Economics by Stephen W. Smith on page 243, and Back Matter
- The Economic Effects of Trade Unions in Japan by Toshiaki Tachibanaki in Back Matter
- Ethical Issues in Contemporary Human Resource Management by Diana Winstanley on page 186
- Poverty in Europe: (Jrjo Jahnsson Lectures) (Yrjo Jahnsson Lectures) by A. B. Atkinson in Back Matter
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