Negotiated wage increases and the labor market outcomes of low-wage workers: evidence from the Swedish public sector

"This paper investigates the impact of a collective agreement stipulating a one shot increase in establishment-specific wage levels in a public-sector setting where wages otherwise are set according to individualized wage bargaining. The agreement stipulated that wages should increase in propor...

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Main Authors: Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala, Eliasson, Tove, Nordström Skans, Oskar
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Uppsala 2014
IFAU
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19118880124919360629-Negotiated-wage-increases-and-.htm
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author Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala
Eliasson, Tove
Nordström Skans, Oskar
author_facet Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala
Eliasson, Tove
Nordström Skans, Oskar
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description "This paper investigates the impact of a collective agreement stipulating a one shot increase in establishment-specific wage levels in a public-sector setting where wages otherwise are set according to individualized wage bargaining. The agreement stipulated that wages should increase in proportion to the number of low-paid females within each establishment. We find that actual wages among incubents responded to the share of females with a wage below the stipulated threshold, conditional on the separate effects of the share of low wage earners, and the share of females. We find clear evidence of path-dependence in wages, covered workers remained on higher wage levels 4 years after the agreement took effect. The increase in wages resulted in a reduced probability of exit among young workers with relatively good grades and a lower frequency of new hires at the establishment level."
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is_hierarchy_title Negotiated wage increases and the labor market outcomes of low-wage workers: evidence from the Swedish public sector
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publishDate 2014
publisher Uppsala
IFAU
spellingShingle Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala
Eliasson, Tove
Nordström Skans, Oskar
collective bargaining
low wages
public sector
wage increase
Negotiated wage increases and the labor market outcomes of low-wage workers: evidence from the Swedish public sector
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title Negotiated wage increases and the labor market outcomes of low-wage workers: evidence from the Swedish public sector
topic collective bargaining
low wages
public sector
wage increase
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19118880124919360629-Negotiated-wage-increases-and-.htm