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Unions and Discriminatory Hiring: Evidence from New Zealand
Author(s) -
HARCOURT MARK,
LAM HELEN,
HARCOURT SONDRA
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2005.00388.x
Subject(s) - legislation , compliance (psychology) , sample (material) , union density , labour economics , demographic economics , employment protection legislation , business , political science , collective bargaining , economics , law , economic growth , psychology , social psychology , chemistry , chromatography , unemployment
This study examines the effects of unions on employer compliance with antidiscrimination legislation in New Zealand, using a sample of 227 employers. The results do indicate that unions do reduce discriminatory practices. More specifically, higher levels of unionization do increase the level of employer compliance. However, other union characteristics, such as union size and strike propensity, appeared to have no influence on employer practice.