Labor Economics

  1. Labor Unions
    1. Union Structure and Organization
      1. Types of Unions
        1. Craft Unions
          1. Industrial Unions
            1. Public Sector Unions
            2. Union Organization and Leadership
              1. Union Democracy
              2. Union Membership Determinants
                1. Economic Factors
                  1. Wage Premiums
                    1. Job Security
                    2. Demographic Factors
                      1. Industry and Occupation Effects
                      2. Union Economic Models
                        1. Monopoly Union Model
                          1. Wage Setting Power
                            1. Employment Effects
                              1. Welfare Analysis
                              2. Efficient Contracts Model
                                1. Joint Determination of Wages and Employment
                                  1. Contract Curve
                                  2. Insider-Outsider Models
                                  3. Collective Bargaining
                                    1. Bargaining Process
                                      1. Negotiation Strategies
                                        1. Bargaining Power
                                          1. Information Asymmetries
                                          2. Strikes and Lockouts
                                            1. Causes and Consequences
                                              1. Strike Duration
                                                1. Economic Costs
                                              2. Union Effects on Economic Outcomes
                                                1. Wage Effects
                                                  1. Union Wage Premiums
                                                    1. Spillover Effects
                                                    2. Employment Effects
                                                      1. Productivity Effects
                                                        1. Voice vs. Monopoly Effects
                                                        2. Profitability Effects

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