Paper #750

Título:

Strike outcomes and wage settlements in Spain

Autor:

Sergi Jiménez-Martín

Data:

Abril 2004

Resumen:

This paper analyzes collective bargaining using Spanish firm level data. Central to the analysis are the joint determination of wage and strike outcomes in a dynamic framework and the possibility of segregate wage equation for strike and non-strike outcomes. Conditional to strikes taking place, we confirm a negative relationship between strike duration and wage changes in a dynamic context. Furthermore, we find selection in wage equations induced by the strike outcome. In this sense, the possibility of wage determination processes being different in strike and non-strike samples is not rejected by the data. In particular, wage dynamics are of opposite sing in both strike and non-strike equations. Finally, we find evidence of a 0.33 percentage points wage change strike premium.

Palabras clave:

Wage setting, strike, collective bargaining, panel data, selection

Códigos JEL:

J52, C33, C35

Área de investigación:

Economía Laboral, Pública, de Desarrollo y de la Salud / Estadística, Econometría y Métodos Cuantitativos

Publicado en:

Labour, 20 (4), 673-698 (2006)

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