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
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spelling	okr-10986-196962021-04-23T14:03:44Z Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions Blunch, Niels-Hugo Verner, Dorte 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 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 find evidence of a union relative wage effect occurring through two distinct channels. First, there is a direct effect through individual union membership, the standard "union premium", well known from the empirical literature on unions. Second, there is a spillover effect to non-union members. The authors also find evidence of an additional union effect, that comes through firm-specific training. They confirm their conjecture that there is an asymmetry in the union relative wage effect: unions benefit mainly at the lower end of the wage distribution. This finding is in line with earlier research, which generally finds that unions reduce income inequality, and wage discrimination. An evaluation of the non-union sub-sample, using the estimated union wage structure, confirms the presence of structural differences between the union, and non-union segments of Ghanaian manufacturing: for given characteristics, a worker in the union sector earns more than a worker in the non-union sector. 2014-08-26T18:38:39Z 2014-08-26T18:38:39Z 2001-03 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2570 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ghana
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Blunch, Niels-Hugo Verner, Dorte Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions
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description	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 find evidence of a union relative wage effect occurring through two distinct channels. First, there is a direct effect through individual union membership, the standard "union premium", well known from the empirical literature on unions. Second, there is a spillover effect to non-union members. The authors also find evidence of an additional union effect, that comes through firm-specific training. They confirm their conjecture that there is an asymmetry in the union relative wage effect: unions benefit mainly at the lower end of the wage distribution. This finding is in line with earlier research, which generally finds that unions reduce income inequality, and wage discrimination. An evaluation of the non-union sub-sample, using the estimated union wage structure, confirms the presence of structural differences between the union, and non-union segments of Ghanaian manufacturing: for given characteristics, a worker in the union sector earns more than a worker in the non-union sector.
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author	Blunch, Niels-Hugo Verner, Dorte
author_facet	Blunch, Niels-Hugo Verner, Dorte
author_sort	Blunch, Niels-Hugo
title	Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions
title_short	Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions
title_full	Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions
title_fullStr	Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions
title_full_unstemmed	Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions
title_sort	asymmetries in union relative wage effects in ghanaian manufacturing : an analysis applying quantile regressions
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	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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Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing : An Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions

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