The Impact of Unionization Structures with Heterogeneous Firms and Rent‐Sharing Motives
研究了在异质性企业和租金分享动机下，部门层面与公司层面工资设定对失业和产出的影响，发现部门层面工资设定通过企业选择效应抵消了工资加成效应，但未改变总体方向。
Abstract How are unemployment and output affected if wages are set on the sector level rather than firm level? We take a new look at this question, allowing for heterogeneous firms and rent‐sharing motives. Without these motives, employment and output are lower under sector‐level wage‐setting due to higher wage markups. With rent‐sharing motives, however, firm selection is higher under sector‐level wage‐setting, which tends to increase employment and output, thus counteracting the markup effect. Simulations show that the firm‐selection effect decreases the difference between the two unionization structures substantially but it does not change the signs of the effects on output and employment.