Table 2 Work rules classification and dummy variable description
From: Industry-wide work rules and productivity: evidence from Argentine union contract data
Work rules | Before | After | Dummy variable description: |
|---|---|---|---|
reforms | reforms | ||
1. Working conditions | |||
a. Security | 0.680 | 0.555 | Does the contract include practices associated with |
(0.469) | (0.502) | safety in the workplace? | |
b. Equipment | 0.874 | 0.888 | Is the company committed to provide |
(0.333) | (0.317) | job equipment? | |
c. Hygiene | 0.213 | 0.185 | Does the contract include norms associated with |
(0.411) | (0.392) | a healthy work environment? | |
2. Redeployment | |||
a. Promotions | 0.204 | 0.167 | Does the contract include explicit rules |
(0.404) | (0.376) | on promotions within the establishment? | |
b. Redeployment | 0.815 | 0.537 | Does the collective agreement include practices |
(0.390) | (0.503) | on redistribution of workers and rehiring? | |
c. Leave and absence | 0.689 | 0.592 | Does the contract include worker’s right to get back |
(0.465) | (0.503) | to work in case of leaves and absences? | |
3. Hiring & Layoffs | |||
a. Staff reduction | 0.349 | 0.148 | Does the contract includes rules |
(0.479) | (0.358) | on discharges and suspensions? | |
b. Vacancies | 0.631 | 0.685 | Does the contract include working rules |
(0.485) | (0.468) | on recruitment of workers? | |
4. Working Week | |||
a. Holidays | 0.427 | 0.462 | Does the contract explicitly mention |
(0.497) | (0.503) | holidays? | |
b. Vacations | 0.447 | 0.460 | Does the contract include practices and indicates |
(0.499) | (0.504) | the duration of annual vacations? | |
c. Weekly rest | 0.563 | 0.518 | Does the collective agreement include |
(0.498) | (0.504) | rules on weekly rest? | |
d. Working week | 0.398 | 0.574 | Does the contract include rules on the duration of |
(0.491) | (0.499) | the working week and hours worked per day? | |
5. Featherbedding | |||
a. Displacement | 0.184 | 0.093 | Does the contract include norms on workers displaced |
(0.389) | (0.292) | by a technological change or a fall in demand? | |
b. Categories | 0.582 | 0.333 | The contract indicates number and description |
(0.495) | (0.476) | of occupational categories | |
6. Capital Acquisition | |||
a. Technology | 0.184 | 0.185 | Unions and managers bargain over |
(0.389) | (0.392) | incorporation of new technology | |
b. Training | 0.339 | 0.259 | Do contracts include norms to maintain or implement |
(0.476) | (0.442) | programs of professional training and development? |