Unions and Productivity in the Public Sector
A Study of Municipal Libraries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3277684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald G Ehrenberg (Cornell University), Daniel R Sherman (Cornell University), Joshua L Schwarz (Cornell University) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 199 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2523072 |
| OpenAlex | W4233761505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This paper develops and illustrates the use of two methodologies to analyze the effect of unions on productivity in the public sector. Although the methodologies are applicable to a wide variety of public sector functions, the focus of the paper is on municipal libraries because of the availability of relevant data. The empirical analysis, which uses 1977 cross-section data on 260 libraries, suggests that collective bargaining coverage has not significantly affected productivity in municipal libraries
Agricultural economics · Business · Collective bargaining · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Industrial organization · Labour economics · Political science · Productivity · Public economics · Public sector · Regional science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Computer Science · Education, Management, Technology, Human Resources · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Taxation and Compliance Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 1992 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |