Bryson, A;
Dale-Olsen, H;
Nergaard, K;
(2019)
Gender differences in the union wage premium? A comparative case study.
European Journal of Industrial Relations
, 26
(2)
pp. 173-190.
10.1177/0959680119840572.
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Abstract
Trade unions have changed from male-dominated to majority-female organizations. We use linked employer-employee surveys for Norway and Britain to examine whether, in keeping with a median voter model, the gender shift in union membership has resulted in differential wage returns to unionization among men and women. In Britain, while only women receive a union wage premium, only men benefit from the increased bargaining power of their union as indicated by workplace union density. In Norway, however, both men and women receive a union wage premium in male-dominated workplaces; but where the union is female-dominated, women benefit more than men. The findings suggest British unions continue to adopt a paternalistic attitude to representing their membership, in contrast to their more progressive counterparts in Norway.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gender differences in the union wage premium? A comparative case study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0959680119840572 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680119840572 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Unions, gender, wages |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10073586 |
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