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

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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
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

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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