Showing papers in "Industrial and Labor Relations Review in 2021"
TL;DR: When jobs offered by different employers are not perfect substitutes, employers gain wage-setting power; the extent of this power can be captured by the elasticity of labor supply to the firm as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: When jobs offered by different employers are not perfect substitutes, employers gain wage-setting power; the extent of this power can be captured by the elasticity of labor supply to the firm. The ...
75 citations
TL;DR: The authors reviewed the accumulating evidence that employers have considerable monopsony power and summarized the application of this power and concluded that "employers have considerable power over labor" and "workers have little power".
Abstract: Researchers’ interest in monopsony has increased in recent years. This article reviews the accumulating evidence that employers have considerable monopsony power. It summarizes the application of t...
73 citations
TL;DR: In the past 30 years, state intervention to reshape employment relations has become a generalized feature of contemporary capitalism and a broad neoliberal reconstruction of the market order has been proposed as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Over the past 30 years, state intervention to reshape employment relations has become a generalized feature of contemporary capitalism. A broad neoliberal reconstruction of the market order has gon...
31 citations
TL;DR: For decades, direct employment relationships have increasingly displaced by indirect employment relationships through networks of firms and layers of managerial control as mentioned in this paper, and the firm strategies have been increasingly replaced by indirect relationships.
Abstract: For decades, direct employment relationships have been increasingly displaced by indirect employment relationships through networks of firms and layers of managerial control. The firm strategies dr...
27 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors produce estimates for a new and better rate of underemployment for 25 countries using the European Labor Force Survey that is based on workers' reports of their preferred hours at the g...
Abstract: The authors produce estimates for a new and better rate of underemployment for 25 countries using the European Labor Force Survey that is based on workers’ reports of their preferred hours at the g...
27 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use data from the British Skills and Employment Surveys to document and to try to account for sustained work intensification between 2001 and 2017, and estimate the determinants of such intensification.
Abstract: The authors use data from the British Skills and Employment Surveys to document and to try to account for sustained work intensification between 2001 and 2017. They estimate the determinants of wor...
22 citations
TL;DR: The authors used the occurrence of a large and geographically varying inflow of more than 2.5 million Syrian migrants to Turkey between 2012 and 2015 to study the effect of migration on local economies.
Abstract: The authors use the occurrence of a large and geographically varying inflow of more than 2.5 million Syrian migrants to Turkey between 2012 and 2015 to study the effect of migration on local econom...
21 citations
TL;DR: Despite the salience of racism and other “isms” woven into the fabric of US society, there is a dearth of industrial relations (IR) scholarship that engages critical race and intersectional theory.
Abstract: Despite the salience of racism and other “isms” woven into the fabric of US society, there is a dearth of industrial relations (IR) scholarship that engages critical race and intersectional theory ...
19 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the adjustments in employment of regular and non-regular workers, exploiting the exchange-rate fluctuation and heterogeneous dependence on international trade across firms, are investigated.
Abstract: The authors investigate the adjustments in employment of regular and non-regular workers, exploiting the exchange-rate fluctuation and heterogeneous dependence on international trade across firms a...
16 citations
TL;DR: The authors found that gender differences in hours worked play an important role in the gender pay gap, yet common estimates of the wage returns to hours worked are close to zero, implying that women are paid less than men.
Abstract: Prior research suggests that gender differences in hours worked play an important role in the gender pay gap. Yet common estimates of the wage returns to hours worked are close to zero, implying th...
14 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the mechanisms by which social networks affect the labor market outcomes of displaced workers and draw on administrative records for the universe of private-sector em....
Abstract: This article examines the mechanisms by which social networks affect the labor market outcomes of displaced workers. The authors draw on administrative records for the universe of private-sector em...
TL;DR: The authors use individual-level panel data, incorporate both household union membership and state-level union density, and analyze both of them for American poverty research largely neglects labor unions, and find that union membership is positively associated with economic well-being.
Abstract: American poverty research largely neglects labor unions. The authors use individual-level panel data, incorporate both household union membership and state-level union density, and analyze both wor...
TL;DR: A central assumption in industrial relations theory is that conflict is rooted in an enduring difference between the interests of labor and management as mentioned in this paper. But in recent years, the reality of work has chan...
Abstract: A central assumption in industrial relations theory is that conflict is rooted in an enduring difference between the interests of labor and management. In recent years, the reality of work has chan...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine variation in firm choices to invest in HR practices and identify three approaches: investments in high-involvement programs (such as employee participation and teams); in high...
Abstract: The authors examine variation in firm choices to invest in HR practices. They identify three approaches: investments in high-involvement programs (such as employee participation and teams); in high...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate whether occupational licensing has improved quality or is it simply simply a means to increase the number of licensed workers in the US workforce, with more than 25% of US workforce having a license as of 2008.
Abstract: Occupational licensing has grown dramatically in recent years, with more than 25% of the US workforce having a license as of 2008, up from 5% in 1950. Has licensing improved quality or is it simply...
TL;DR: In recent decades, much of the authority to regulate the workplace has shifted from national-level labor law to state-level employment law as mentioned in this paper, and labor unions have made contributions to this shift.
Abstract: In recent decades, much of the authority to regulate the workplace has shifted from national-level labor law to state-level employment law. What contributions, if any, did labor unions make to this...
TL;DR: The increasing variety of contingent work raises the question of how employers choose between various types of contractual arrangements as mentioned in this paper, and the authors review relevant Employment Relations and Strategies (ERs) related to contingent work.
Abstract: The increasing variety of contingent work raises the question of how employers choose between various types of contractual arrangements. The authors review relevant Employment Relations and Strateg...
TL;DR: In recent years, labor and civil rights groups have successfully pushed for local regulation raising the minimum wage, creating new parenting and sick leave policies, and broadening anti-discriminative regulations as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In recent years, labor and civil rights groups have successfully pushed for local regulation raising the minimum wage, creating new parenting and sick leave policies, and broadening anti-discrimina...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the trajectories of labor market deregulation across the two countries are explained by the distinct social organization of ideas, referring to actors and institutions involved in the production and dissemination of ideas.
Abstract: This article compares how the United States and Germany deregulated labor markets between the 1980s and 2010s in response to the rise of neoliberalism. Building on literature with a focus on ideas and national knowledge regimes, the authors argue that the trajectories of labor market deregulation across the two countries are explained by the distinct social organization of ideas. The latter refers to the actors and institutions involved in the production and dissemination of ideas (including think tanks and public research institutes), their access and ways of communicating to political elites and electorates, levels of shared academic standards across the political divide, and related degrees of competition or cooperation in the production of new knowledge and policy ideas. Moving beyond previous employment relations literature with a focus on institutions and power, the article breaks new theoretical ground by demonstrating how the social organization of ideas is a key intermediary in explaining employment relations change and continuity.
TL;DR: Using a panel survey, this paper investigated how the welfare of rural-urban migrant workers in China is affected by trade union presence at the workplace and found that workers in rural areas were more likely to join unions.
Abstract: Using a panel survey, the authors investigate how the welfare of rural-urban migrant workers in China is affected by trade union presence at the workplace. Controlling for individual fixed effects,...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the impact of state E-Verify laws on the employment of new employees in 23 states, which require employers to verify whether new employees are eligible to legally work prior to employment.
Abstract: E-Verify laws, which have been adopted by 23 states, require employers to verify whether new employees are eligible to legally work prior to employment. This study explores the impact of state E-Ve...
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that minority employees, especially men, spend a small but statistically significant amount of time not working at the workplace and that women spend less than 50% of their working hours at home.
Abstract: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey 2003–2012 suggests that minority employees, especially men, spend a small but statistically significant amount of time not working at the workplace relati...
TL;DR: The misclassification of employees as independent contractors has been the focus of recent attention as a result of the implementation of that employment model by ride-share and other gig employers.
Abstract: The misclassification of employees as independent contractors has been the focus of recent attention as a result of the implementation of that employment model by ride-share and other gig employers...
TL;DR: The authors provided a new analysis of Chinese labor politics and found that Chinese labor protests are apolitical, cellular, and short-lived, and most scholars suggest that China has no labor movement.
Abstract: This article provides a new analysis of Chinese labor politics. Most scholars suggest that China has no labor movement because Chinese labor protests are apolitical, cellular, and short-lived, and ...
TL;DR: Although women earn approximately 50% of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) bachelor's degrees, more than 70% of scientists and engineers are men as discussed by the authors, and the authors explore a potential det...
Abstract: Although women earn approximately 50% of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) bachelor’s degrees, more than 70% of scientists and engineers are men. The authors explore a potential det...
TL;DR: The US enterprise-based collective bargaining regime creates substantial limitations for organizing workers in an economy in which supply chains are increasingly disaggregated in ways that reduce w... as mentioned in this paper,.
Abstract: The US enterprise-based collective bargaining regime creates substantial limitations for organizing workers in an economy in which supply chains are increasingly disaggregated in ways that reduce w...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the impact of a 2004 tax reform in China that reduced the value-added tax (VAT) on investment goods and find that although the goal of the reform was to encourage upgrading of technology, re...
Abstract: The authors explore the impact of a 2004 tax reform in China that reduced the value-added tax (VAT) on investment goods. Although the goal of the reform was to encourage upgrading of technology, re...
TL;DR: The authors argue that much of this uncertainty is due to the fact that research neglects to consider whether collective wage bargaining impedes the implementation of variable pay systems, and they argue that this is the case in many cases.
Abstract: Whether collective wage bargaining impedes the implementation of variable pay systems is uncertain. The authors argue that much of this uncertainty is attributable to the fact that research neglect...
TL;DR: The special issue on New Theories in Employment Relations as mentioned in this paper summarizes the history of employment relations theory and reflects on the implications of recent disruptive changes in the field of labor relations.
Abstract: This article introduces the special issue on New Theories in Employment Relations. The authors summarize the history of employment relations theory and reflect on the implications of recent disrupt...
TL;DR: The Dutch minimum wage for workers aged 15 to 23 is defined as a stepwise increasing function of a worker's calendar age as mentioned in this paper, and the author showed that the birthday disc...
Abstract: The Dutch minimum wage for workers aged 15 to 23 is defined as a stepwise increasing function of a worker’s calendar age. Using Dutch administrative records, the author shows that the birthday disc...