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Union Wage Concessions in the 1980s: The Importance of Firm-Specific Factors

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This paper evaluates the effects of firm performance and firm characteristics on concession outcomes over the years 1980–87. Across similar firms, the author finds, concessions were inversely related to stock price and employment growth. Concessions were also most likely in small firms, in firms paying high wages, and in firms with relatively low union coverage. The effect of firm performance and firm characteristics on the likelihood of concessions was uniform across concessions of differing severity and was stable in magnitude over the eight-year period.

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  • Linda A. Bell, 1995. "Union Wage Concessions in the 1980s: The Importance of Firm-Specific Factors," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 48(2), pages 258-275, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:48:y:1995:i:2:p:258-275
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    1. William K. Roche & Paul Teague, 2015. "Antecedents of concession bargaining in the Great Recession: evidence from Ireland," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(5-6), pages 434-445, November.
    2. L. Monroy & V. Rubiales & A. M. Mármol, 2017. "The conservative Kalai–Smorodinsky solution for multiple scenario bargaining," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 251(1), pages 285-299, April.

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