Ben-Ner, A and Estrin, Saul 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3447-8593
(1991)
What happens when unions run firms? Unions as employee representatives and as employers.
Journal of Comparative Economics, 15.
pp. 65-87.
ISSN 0147-5967
Abstract
The paper investigates two faces of unions: a bargainer with employers, and an employer in its own right. We develop parallel models of union-owned and private unionized firms and employ a sample of Israeli manufacturing firms to test various hypotheses. We conclude that: (1) union-owned firms do not behave very differently from their private sector counterparts; (2) higher wages in union-owned firms are associated with higher productivity rather than with systematic differences in weights attached to profits as against wages and employment in the two types of firms; (3) union ownership enhances enterprise productivity; and (4) wage and employment bargains do not lie on the demand curve; instead, efficient bargaining with a stronger emphasis on employment than on wages is found in both firm types.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01475... |
| Additional Information: | © 1991 Elsevier |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2008 08:34 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 20:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/20551 |
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