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46 lines
2.6 KiB
YAML
cite: Alexiou2023
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author: Alexiou, C., & Trachanas, E.
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year: 2023
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title: "The impact of trade unions and government party orientation on income inequality: Evidence from 17 OECD economies"
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publisher: Journal of Economic Studies
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uri: https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-12-2021-0612
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pubtype: article
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discipline: economics
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country: Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Italy; Japan; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States
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period: 2000-2016
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targeting:
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group:
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data: Standardized World Income Inequality Database (SWIID) OECD panel data
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design: quasi-experimental
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method: panel fixed effects approach, Driscoll and Kraay non-parametric covariance matrix estimator
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sample: 18
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unit: country
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representativeness: regional
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causal: 1 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
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theory: power resources theory
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limitations: can not account for individual drivers such as collective bargaining, arbitration, etc
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observation:
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- intervention: collective action (trade unionization)
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institutional: 1
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structural: 1
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agency: 0
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inequality: income; gender
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type: 0 # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal
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indicator: 1 # 0 absolute / 1 relative
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measures: Gini coeff (equivalized household disposable income, market income, manufacturing pay)
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findings: unionization strongly related with decreasing income inequality; right-wing institutional contexts related with increased income inequality
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channels: redistribution of political power under unions; weak unionization increases post-redistribution inequality
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direction: -1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
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significance: 2 # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg
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notes:
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annotation: |
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A study on the effects of both political orientation of governments' parties and a country's trade unionization on its income inequality.
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It finds that, generally, strong unionization is strongly related to decreasing income inequality, most likely through a redistribution of political power through collective mobilization in national contexts of stronger unions.
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It also suggests that in contexts of weaker unionization, post-redistribution income inequality is higher, thus also fostering unequal redistributive policies.
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Lastly, it finds positive relations between right-wing orientation of a country's government and its income inequality, with more mixed results for centrist governments pointing to potential fragmentations in their redistributive policy approaches.
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The study is mostly limited in not being able to account for individual drivers (or barriers) and can thus not disaggregate for the effects for example arbitration or collective bargaining.
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