The Rise and Fall of Unions
The Public Sector and the Private
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4030280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melvin W Reder (Isidore Brown and Gladys J. Brown Professor of Urban and Labor Economics, Emeritus, Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 89-110 |
| Publication date | 1988-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.2.2.89 |
| OpenAlex | W2004468571 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper has a single purpose: to explain why unionism (interpreted as percentage of union adherents among eligible employees) has been declining in the private sector for the past 30 to 35 years, but, for most of this period, has been increasing in the public sector. To provide this explanation, I offer an ad hoc theory. For the private sector, the paper tries to account for differences in the trends of union adherence during five "epochs": before 1917; 1917 to 1920; 1920 to 1933; 1933 to the early 1950s; and since the early 1950s. In the public sector, two epochs are distinguished: before and after 1960. Finally, I distinguish between the public and private sectors since 1960
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economic sector · Economics · Economy · Labour economics · Political science · Private sector · Public sector · Labor Movements and Unions · Transport and Economic Policies
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |