Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82834 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 1999:8
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
In an analysis of the formation of unions within a single firm, this paper addresses conditions under which encompassing unions form. It is shown that a production function satisfying decreasing marginal productivity leads to the formation of encompassing unions. This result holds for different ways of dividing the surplus within the union. The effects of changes in heterogeneity, e.g. increased demand for skilled labor, are also analyzed. In the most reasonable setup, a change in heterogeneity does not affect the decision whether to form a union or not. This contrasts with the result in Jun (1989).
Subjects: 
Union
Heterogeneity
Labor
JEL: 
D20
D33
J51
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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