Union membership across the developed world has been falling for decades. This column uses data on wages and hours worked in the US over the last 50 years to examine whether this has led to a fall in the ‘union wage premium’. The authors find that while the hourly wage premium for union members has fallen notably since the 1970s, the differential in weekly wages has remained large, driven in part by union members working longer hours. This underexplored role of unions is important for the...| CEPR
Da decenni i sindacati hanno sempre meno iscritti. Il declino ha avuto conseguenze sul “premio salariale sindacale”? I dati per gli Usa sembrano indicare di no. Anche perché i lavoratori sindacalizzati lavorano più ore a settimana rispetto ai colleghi.| Lavoce.info
