Union Effects on Nonunion Wages

Evidence from Panel Data on Industries and Cities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3374782
AutoresDavid Neumark (0000-0002-7681-1884, University of California, Irvine), Michael L Wachter (0000-0001-9568-8407, California University of Pennsylvania)
Año1995
Volumen49
Número1
Páginas20-38
Fecha de publicación1995-10-01
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)
DOI10.1177/001979399504900102
OpenAlexW1996356779
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas34

The authors test for threat and crowding effects of unions on non-union wages at the industry and city levels, using panel data on the percent organized and nonunion industry and city wage differentials constructed from Current Population Surveys over the period 1973-89. At the industry level, increases in the percent organized were associated with decreases in the nonunion industry wage differential, suggesting that crowding effects were the predominant union effect on nonunion industry wage differentials. In contrast, at the city level increases in the percent organized were associated with increases in the nonunion city wage differential, suggesting that threat effects predominated. The authors also find evidence of negative cross-occupation union effects on nonunion industry wage differentials, supporting their hypothesis that the industry-level results were partly driven by complementarity between union and nonunion labor

Biology · Crowding · Differential (mechanical device) · Differential effects · Econometrics · Economics · Labour economics · Nonunion · Panel data · Wage · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Medicine