The Union Membership Wage-Premium Puzzle: Is There a Free Rider Problem?
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The Union Membership Wage-Premium Puzzle: Is there a Free Rider Problem?
Economists have, at least since Olson (1965), suggested that there is a free rider problem associated with labour union membership. The reason is that union-set wages are available to all workers covered by unions irrespective of whether or not they are union members, and given that there are costs to membership – workers will only join if they are coerced or offered incentive excludable goods....
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عنوان ژورنال: ILR Review
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0019-7939,2162-271X
DOI: 10.1177/001979390405700305