No 733 July 2006 Unions , Within - Workplace Job Cuts and Job Security
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چکیده
Using data from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 1998, this paper shows that unionisation increased the probability of within-workplace job cuts and the incidence of job security guarantees. As theory predicts, both are more prevalent among market-sector workplaces with higher union density and multi-unionism. Expectations that these effects would be more muted in the public sector were also confirmed. JEL Classification: J23, J45, J51, J63
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