Economic Effects of the Firefighters' Union

Bibliographic Data

ID3285016
AuthorsCasey Ichniowski (National Bureau of Economic Research, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume33
Issue2
Pages198
Publication date1980-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2522450
OpenAlexW2074797493
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This is a study of the effects of unionism in the public sector occupation of firefighting. A large and detailed set of data permits the examination of submarkets of this occupation. A before/after methodology is introduced to obtain more precise estimates of union wage differentials. The study's findings are: (1) that there is a greater union effect on fringes than on salaries which indicates a significant alteration in the composition of the compensation package;(2) that the estimates from the before/after methodology confirm the cross-section results which show modest union wage differentials; and ,most significantly, (3) that the union effect varies along different dimensions -- most notably the length of the contractual arrangement between municipality and union

Compensation (psychology · Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Wage · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Psychology · Social Psychology

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