Individual contracting, collective bargaining and wages in Australia
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| Title | Individual contracting, collective bargaining and wages in Australia |
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| Author | Peetz, David Robert; Preston, Alison |
| Journal Name | Industrial Relations Journal |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Place of publication | United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing |
| Abstract | We examine wages in Australia under federally registered individual contracts and collective agreements (CAs) using unpublished data from a national earnings survey. The distribution of earnings under registered individual contracts was more unequal than under CAs. Average and median earnings under registered individual contracts were lower than under CAs. There was little evidence that individual contracting raised wages through raising productivity. The link between contracting and pay appears contingent, varying between occupations, industries, and firm size bands and dependent upon employees' position in the labour market and employers' use of union avoidance strategies. This has implications for the interpretation of studies of union wage effects. |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Published | Yes |
| Publisher URI | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0019-8692 |
| Alternative URI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2009.00537.x |
| Copyright Statement | Author Posting. Copyright 2009 Australian Dental Association. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Australian Dental Association for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Australian Dental Journal, Volume 40, Issue 5, pages 444–461, September 2009. |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Page from | 444 |
| Page to | 461 |
| ISSN | 0019-8692 |
| Date Accessioned | 2010-02-13 |
| Date Available | 2011-08-11T06:05:42Z |
| Language | en_AU |
| Research Centre | Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing |
| Faculty | Griffith Business School |
| Subject | Industrial Relations |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/29660 |
| Publication Type | Journal Articles (Refereed Article) |
| Publication Type Code | c1 |
Please use this identifier to cite this record: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/29660
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