What do unions do in Mexico?

This paper utilizes household and establishment survey data from Mexico to explore the impact of unions on wages, wage inequality, fringe benefits, turnover, job training, productivity and profits. Mexican unions are statistically significantly associated with these outcome measures for workers and...

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Autor: Fairris, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Económicos de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx:article/144
Acceso en línea:https://estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx/index.php/economicos/article/view/144
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:unions
worker voice
wages
fringe benefits
J51
sindicatos
la voz de los trabajadores
salarios
prestaciones
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Sumario:This paper utilizes household and establishment survey data from Mexico to explore the impact of unions on wages, wage inequality, fringe benefits, turnover, job training, productivity and profits. Mexican unions are statistically significantly associated with these outcome measures for workers and firms. Unions are associated with increased wages, decreased wage inequality, increased fringe benefits per worker, increased job training and increased productivity per worker. Contrary to the broader literature on union effects, unionized establishments in Mexico experience greater worker turnover. The union association with establishment profit rates is insignificantly different from zero.