Blunch, Niels-HugoVerner, Dorte2014-02-252014-02-252004-05World Bank Economic Reviewhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17161The article uses a matched employer-employee data set for Ghana and adopts a quantile regression approach that allows the effects of unionization to vary across the conditional wage distribution. It is shown that if there are intrafirm differences in unionization, there does appear to be a premium among poorer paid workers in the formal sector. Although this cannot be given a causal interpretation, it suggests important issues about how unions may affect one part of the labor market.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOACTIVE LABORADVERSE EFFECTSASPECTBARGAINING POWERBOARD MEMBERCENTRECOLLECTIVECOLLECTIVE BARGAININGCOMPANYDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSEARNINGS INEQUALITYECONOMICSEFFICIENCY WAGESEMPLOYEEEMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPEX POSTEXCLUSION RESTRICTIONFIRM LEVELFIRM SIZEHIGHER PRODUCTIVITYHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESINDIVIDUALSINDUSTRIAL RELATIONSJOBSLABOR DEMANDLABOR MARKETLABOR ORGANIZATIONSLABOR RELATIONSLABOR TURNOVERLABOR UNIONSLABOURLABOUR MARKETLABOUR MARKET POLICIESLIMITEDLITERATUREMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMINIMUM WAGEMOTIVATIONOCCUPATIONOCCUPATIONSORGANIZED LABORPAID WORKERSPRESENT ANALYSISPREVIOUS SECTIONPREVIOUS STUDIESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRODUCTION WORKERPRODUCTIVITYPROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONPROXYRENTSRESEARCHERSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSTOCK VALUESTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTRADE UNIONTRADE UNIONSTRAINED WORKERSTRAINING FIRMUNEMPLOYMENTUNIONUNION DENSITIESUNION DENSITYUNION MEMBERSHIPUNION WAGE PREMIUMVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONWAGE DETERMINATIONWAGE DIFFERENTIALWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWAGE DISTRIBUTIONWAGE EFFECTWAGE EFFECTSWAGE INEQUALITYWAGE NEGOTIATIONWAGE NEGOTIATIONSWAGE STRUCTUREWAGESWORKER10.1596/17161