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    The Economics of the Trade Union by Booth, Alison L.;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 24 November 1994

    • ISBN 9780521468398
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages312 pages
    • Size 231x152x20 mm
    • Weight 459 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 32 b/w illus. 13 tables
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    Short description:

    Analyses the crucial features of unionised labour markets in industrialised countries, with emphasis on Britain and the USA.

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    Long description:

    This book analyses the crucial features of unionised labour markets. The models in the book refer to labour contracts between unions and management, but the method of analysis is also applicable to non-union labour markets where workers have some market power. In this book, Alison Booth, a researcher in the field, emphasises the connection between theoretical and empirical approaches to studying unionised labour markets. She also highlights the importance of taking into account institutional differences between countries and sectors when constructing models of the unionised labour market. While the focus of the book is on the US and British unionised labour markets, the models and analytical methods are applicable to other industrialised countries with appropriate modifications.

    'It would be hard to find a more thorough review and assessment of the literature on trade unions within economics ... very useful, the analysis is excellent.' British Universities Industrial Relations Association Newsletter

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    Table of Contents:

    List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The development of the union movements of Britain and the United States; 3. The orthodox theoretical framework: an overview; 4. Trade union objectives and the monopoly union model; 5. Bargaining models of the trade union; 6. Empirical estimates of the union wage differential; 7. The impact of trade unions on productivity, investment, profitability, employment and hours; 8. Unions and the macroeconomy; 9. Conclusion; References; Index.

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