Unions and Wages

Wage Determination in the Union and Nonunion Sectors

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3709529
AutoresFarrell E Bloch (Princeton University), Mark S Kuskin
Año1978
Volumen31
Número2
Páginas183-192
Fecha de publicación1978-01-01
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)
DOI10.1177/001979397803100206
PMID10306320
OpenAlexW2243439707
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20

This study contains estimates of wage equations for white male union and nonunion employees. The authors find that nonunion wages are generally more responsive than union wages to individuals' education and experience and to regional price-level variation. Despite those differences, however, estimates of union-nonunion wage differentials based on these separate equations do not differ greatly from a differential obtained from a union dummy variable in an equation based on combined union and nonunion observations. Union-nonunion differentials vary widely across occupational groups and are generally larger in the lower skilled and more highly unionized occupations. The results for manufacturing, for which additional industry data are available, indicate a negative impact of high concentration ratios on the wages of all workers and a greater impact of establishment size on nonunion than on union wages. Data were drawn from the May 1973 Current Population Survey

Current Population Survey · Demographic economics · Differential (mechanical device) · Economics · Labour economics · Nonunion · Population · Wage · Demography · Engineering · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Medicine