Unions and Wage Inequality in Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3469482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Fairris (University of California, Riverside, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 481 |
| Publication date | 2003-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3590920 |
| OpenAlex | W3123474856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 21 |
This paper offers empirical evidence on the impact of trade unions on wage inequality in Mexico. The results indicate that unions were a strongly equalizing force affecting the dispersion of wages in 1984, but were only half as effective at reducing wage inequality in 1996. Not only did the unionized percentage of the labor force fall considerably over the period, unions also lost some of their ability to reduce wage dispersion among the workers they continued to represent. Had unions maintained in 1996 the same structural power they possessed in 1984, the rise in wage inequality in the formal sector of the labor market between those years would have been reduced by roughly 11
Demographic economics · Economics · Efficiency wage · Inequality · Labour economics · Power (physics) · Wage · Wage dispersion · Wage Inequality · Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Mathematics
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2020 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |