The Impact of Unions on Non-Union Wage Setting: Threats and Bargaining.

Autor/inn/en	Green, David; Sand, Ben M.; Snoddy, Iain; Tschopp, Jeanne
Institution	Rockwool Foundation Berlin; Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (London)
Titel	The Impact of Unions on Non-Union Wage Setting: Threats and Bargaining. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Einfluss von Gewerkschaften auf die Lohnfindung in nicht gewerkschaftlich organisierten Betrieben: Drohungen und Verhandlungen.
Quelle	Berlin (2026), 42 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series. 2026,156
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monografie
DOI	10.1086/742712
Schlagwörter	Frau; Einkommensunterschied; Gewerkschaftspolitik; Gewerkschaftszugehörigkeit; Einkommenseffekt; Lohnstruktur; Lohntheorie; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Erwerbstätiger; Lohnfindung; Qualifikation; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Entwicklung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Organisationsgrad; Verhandlungstheorie; Gewerkschaft; USA
Abstract	"In this paper, we provide new estimates of the impact of unions on non-union wage setting. We allow the presence of unions to affect non-union wages both through the typically discussed channel of non-union firms emulating union wages in order to fend off the threat of unionisation and through a bargaining channel in which non-union workers use the presence of union jobs as part of their outside option. We specify these channels in a search and bargaining framework that includes union formation and the possibility of non-union firm responses to the threat of unionisation. Our results indicate an important role played by union wage spillovers in lowering wages over the 1980-2010 period. We find that de-unionisation can account for nearly a third of the decline in the mean hourly wage between 1980 and 2010 in the US, with half of that effect being due to spillovers. Both the traditional threat and bargaining channels are operational, with the bargaining channel being more important." The study refers to the period 1978-2019 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4