Wage Effects of Increased Union Coverage
Methodological Considerations and New Evidence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7801665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dale Belman, Dale L Belman, Paula B Voos |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 368 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/2524878 |
| OpenAlex | W4248992652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 20 |
Although many studies show a positive relationship between extent of unionization and union members' wages, some analysts suggest that this relationship could reflect a concentration of labor organization in industries with potentially high wage gains, rather than unions' efficacy in raising wages. Consistent with that speculation, studies across occupations or geographic areas generally show a much weaker relationship between unionization and wages than do studies across industries. The authors of this study argue, however, that the weakness of the relationship found in some empirical research is due to the use of data sets mixing local market industries, characterized by local bargaining, with national market industries, characterized by national bargaining. An empirical analysis supports this hypothesis: wages are positively correlated with the extent of unionization in a local market industry (supermarkets), but not in a national market industry (aerospace
Collective bargaining · Economics · Efficiency wage · Empirical evidence · Empirical research · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Speculation · Union density · Wage · Firm Innovation and Growth · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Transport and Economic Policies
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On the Pooling of Time Series and Cross Section Data
The Lagrange Multiplier Test and its Applications to Model Specification in Econometrics
The Impact of the Percentage Organized on Union and Nonunion Wages
Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations
Canadian Union-Nonunion Wage Differentials
The Structural Determinants of Union Bargaining Power
Unions, Establishment Size, and Intra-Industry Threat Effects
Unions and the Labor Market Status of White and Minority Youth
Union Effects on White-Collar Compensation
Wage Rule Formation in the Aerospace Industry
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2023 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |