# The Effects of the Decentralization of Collective Bargaining on Wages and Wage Dispersion: Evidence from the Finnish Forest and IT Industries

**Published:** 2023-11-24  
**Categories:** Academic Publications  
**URL:** https://www.etla.fi/en/publications/academic-publications/the-effects-of-the-decentralization-of-collective-bargaining-on-wages-and-wage-dispersion-evidence-from-the-finnish-forest-and-it-industries-2/

#### Abstract

Recently, Finnish forest industries shifted from sectoral collective bargaining to firm-level bargaining, and the IT services industry shifted to a hybrid of sector- and firm-level bargaining. Using administrative data on monthly wages and the synthetic difference-in-differences method, I study the causal effects of collective bargaining decentralization on the level and dispersion of wages. Despite the substantial change in the level of collective bargaining, I generally find muted effects on the level and dispersion of wages. I find positive and economically and statistically significant effects on wage levels and within-firm wage dispersion only for blue-collar workers in the paper industry.

*British Journal of Industrial Relations, 1–16, 2023.*

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## Additional Information

**Kirjoittajat:** Kauhanen, Antti

**Kansikuva:** No

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**Paivays:** 20.11.2023

**Kieli:** en

**Sarja:** Other articles

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjir.12781

**Saatavuus:** 2

British Journal of Industrial Relations, 1–16, 2023