UNION EGALITARIANISM AS INCOME INSURANCE

被引:34
作者
AGELL, J [1 ]
LOMMERUD, KE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BERGEN,N-5014 BERGEN,NORWAY
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10.2307/2554603
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F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
It is a common observation that unions often try to compress the wage distribution among their members as compared with the productivity distribution. A troublesome aspect of standard theories of redistributive unions is the question why high-productivity workers choose to enter the union in the first place. This paper develops and explores the implications of an alternative insurance rationale for egalitarian wage objectives. Apart from providing a simple explanation of why heterogeneous union members may agree on egalitarian wage policies, it also suggests a more guarded attitude towards the welfare costs of pay compression.
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页码:295 / 310
页数:16
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