@techreport{Addison2004Unions,
abstract = {This paper uses a combination of workplace and matched-employee workplace data from the
British 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey to examine the impact of unions and
firm-provided training (incidence, intensity/coverage, and duration) on establishment
performance. The performance effects of training are indexed not just by individual and
median establishment earnings but also by subjective measures of plant labor productivity
and financial performance. Union effects on training are fairly subtle, and somewhat more
positive when using individual rather than plant-wide training data. A positive impact of
training on earnings is also detected in both individual and plant-based wage data, although
consistent with much recent research the effects of union recognition are at best muted.
There are also some signs of a positive interaction term for unionism and training in the
earnings equations, but by the same token negative effects are encountered when training
duration is expressed in categorical terms and interacted with union recognition.
Instrumenting training yielded positive results for labor productivity and the firm?s bottom line.
While some negative effects of multiple unionism at the workplace now emerge, they
seemingly do not operate through the training route.},
author = {John T. Addison and Clive R. Belfield},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J33; J24; J51; 330; union recognition; bargaining structure; employer-provided training; training incidence; intensity/coverage and duration; earnings; Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad; Betriebliche Bildungsarbeit; Unternehmensentwicklung; Arbeitsproduktivit\"{a}t; Rentabilit\"{a}t; Arbeitsplatz; Sch\"{a}tzung; Grossbritannien},
language = {eng},
number = {1264},
title = {Unions, Training, and Firm Performance : Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20530},
year = {2004}
}
