Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions

Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions

The authors analyze the determinants of earnings in Ghanaian manufacturing, focusing on the impact of unions in terms of the "union relative wage effect", and the possible asymmetries of this effect across the earnings distribution. They...

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Main Authors: Blunch, Niels-Hugo, Verner, Dorte
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ADVERSE EFFECTS
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL THEORY
CENTER
CENTRE
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
DISCRIMINATION
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC THEORY
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT
FAMILIES
FIRING
HIRING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
JOBS
LABOR MOVEMENT
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
LABOR TURNOVER
LABOR UNIONS
LAWS
LAYOFF
LEGISLATION
MANAGERS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL PRODUCTS
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MINES
ORGANIZED LABOR
ORIGIN
PERFECT INFORMATION
PERSONNEL
PERSONNEL PRACTICES
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC SECTOR
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES
SAFETY
SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE
SOCIAL RESEARCH
STAFF
STRIKES
TRADE UNIONS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNION
UNIONIZATION
UNIONS
WAGE DISCRIMINATION
WAGES
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1047501/asymmetries-union-relative-wage-effects-ghanaian-manufacturing-analysis-applying-quantile-regressions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19696

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1047501/asymmetries-union-relative-wage-effects-ghanaian-manufacturing-analysis-applying-quantile-regressions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19696

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