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Using the background of empirical evidence at hand, we shall now analyse the basic trends of unionism and examine the question whether the rigidity and equalization which unions tend to introduce in the wage structure should be looked upon as distorting influences, in the sense that they hamper the adaptation of the economy towards the best allocation of productive resources.
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See W. S. Woytinsky and Associates, Employment and Wages in the United States (1953).
On the influence of unions upon equalization, see Arthur M. Ross, Trade Union Wage Policy (1948).
Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions, Trade Unions and Full Employment, English edition (1953). This report gives a comprehensive account of the Swedish war and post-war wage developments together with an analysis of the problems of avoiding inflation in full employment.
H. A. Turner, ‘Trade Unions, Differentials and the Levelling of Wages’, The Manchester School (September 1952), pp. 227–282,
L. G. Reynolds, The Structure of Labor Markets (1951).
R. A. Lester, ‘Results and Implications of Some Recent Wage Studies’, Insights into Labor Issues, ed. Lester and Shister (1948).
Charles A. Myers and George P. Schultz, The Dynamics of a Labor Market (1951).
L. M. David and H. Ober, ‘Intercity Differences, 1945–1946’, Monthly Labor Review (April 1948).
John T. Dunlop, ‘Productivity and the Wage Structure’, Income, Employment and Public Policy (1948), pp. 341–362.
R. Meidner, Svensk arbetsmarknad vid full sysselsättning (1954). (The Swedish Labour Market at Full Employment, with a summary in English.)
Backman and Gainsbrugh, The Behavior of Wages (1948), p. 71.
S. H. Slichter, ‘Wage Policies’, Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science (May 1946), p. 12. See also the writings of the ‘Chicago school’ (Simons, Friedman), and some contributions in The Impact of the Union, McCord Wright, ed. (1951).
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Rehn, G. (1957). Unionism and the Wage Structure in Sweden. In: Dunlop, J.T. (eds) The Theory of Wage Determination. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15205-6_14
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