Blar i Institute for Social Research - Open Arcive på forfatter "Bryson, Alex"
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Do higher wages come at a price?
Bryson, Alex; Barth, Erling; Dale-Olsen, Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012) -
Gender Differences in the Union Wage Premium? A Comparative Case Study
Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Nergaard, Kristine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Trade unions have changed from being male dominated to majority-female organizations. We use linked employer–employee surveys for Norway and Britain to examine whether, in keeping with a median voter model, the gender shift ... -
The Effects of Organizational Change on Worker Well-being and the Moderating Role of Trade Unions
Bryson, Alex; Barth, Erling; Dale-Olsen, Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013) -
The Role of Employer-Provided Sick Pay in Britain and Norway
Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Higher replacement rates often imply higher levels of absenteeism, yet even in generous welfare economies, employers provide sick pay in addition to the public sick pay. Using comparative population-representative workplace ... -
Union Density Effects on Productivity and Wages
Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We exploit changes in tax subsidies for union members in Norway to identify the effects of changes in firm level union density on productivity and wages. Increased deductions in taxable income for union members led to ... -
Union effects on product and technological innovations
Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)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 labor-saving technological ...