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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2024
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1494
Verlag: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper studies how a special wage increase for assistant nurses in Sweden affected income and employment. Workers in the public sector receive wages based on negotiations between unions and employers. These agreements usually provide the same wage increase for all covered workers. In 2016, an agreement was reached in the local public sector to provide special wage increases for assistant nurses and regular increases for other workers. I study the effects of this agreement using administrative data on Swedish workers, covering their occupation, income, and collective bargaining coverage. I do a difference-in-differences analysis comparing assistant nurses and attendants covered by the same agreement. The two groups had similar employment and income levels before the agreement was reached. Assistant nurses see higher increases in labor income compared to attendants in the years following the agreement, peaking at SEK 8,700 (USD 870), or 2.7%. In contrast, I find no robust effects on separation or working time, suggesting that the changes in labor income come from changes in hourly wages. Moreover, there is no effect on benefits usage or sickness payments.
Schlagwörter: 
Collective Bargaining
Trade Unions
Wages
Employment
JEL: 
J23
J31
J50
J52
J63
Dokumentart: 
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