Public Sector Earnings and the Extent of Unionization

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3352604
AutoresDale Belman (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), John S Heywood (0000-0001-9600-2462, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), Joshua Lund (0000-0002-8830-4468, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), John Lund (0000-0002-5020-8243)
Año1997
Volumen50
Número4
Páginas610-628
Fecha de publicación1997-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979399705000404
OpenAlexW2144952266
ISBN9793997050004
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas28

Many studies have examined the influence of union density (union members as a percentage of all workers) on earnings in the private sector, but few such studies have looked at the public sector. Using data from the 1991 Current Population Survey, this study estimates the determinants of earnings for state and local government employees in both the union and nonunion sectors. The extent of public sector unionization appears to be positively correlated with earnings for both state and local government workers and for those covered and not covered by collective agreements. Although the effect for non-covered employees is smaller than that for covered employees, both effects are larger than those typically found in similar estimates for the private sector. The authors also find that bargaining structure has some influence on earnings, with the most consistent effect being a positive influence of arbitration on the earnings of local government workers

Arbitration · Business · Collective bargaining · Current Population Survey · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics) · Labour economics · Local government · Political science · Population · Private sector · Public sector · State (computer science) · Accounting · Demography · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Public Administration · Transport and Economic Policies