Bryson, A;
Dale-Olsen, H;
(2021)
Union Effects on Product and Technological Innovation.
Research in Labor Economics: Workplace Productivity and Management Practices
, 49
pp. 41-65.
10.1108/S0147-912120210000049002.
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Abstract
We present theoretical and empirical evidence challenging early studies that found unions were detrimental to workplace innovation. Under our theoretical model, unions prefer product innovation to labour-saving technological process innovation, thus making union wage bargaining regimes more conducive to product innovation than competitive pay setting. We test the theory with population-representative workplace data for Britain and Norway. We find strong support for the notion that local bargaining leads to product innovation, either alone or together with technological innovation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Union Effects on Product and Technological Innovation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1108/S0147-912120210000049002 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1108/S0147-912120210000049002 |
| 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: | trade unions, product innovation, process innovation, collective bargaining |
| 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/10125713 |
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