The threat of unionism and wage-coverage effects
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This study finds that the union-nonunion wage differential decreases with local labor-market coverage. In general, SMSA coverage has a negligible impact on union wages, and nonunion wages increase significantly with coverage. This is consistent with strong threat effects operating at the local labor-market level. As with most other wage-coverage studies, however, union wages increase more quickly with industry coverage than do nonunion wages. These results support the argument that distinctly different economic processes underlie local labor-market and industry-coverage effects. Economies in the provision of union services imply that union threat effects will be most salient at the local labor-market level. Industry wage-coverage relationships are dominated by the positive effect of product-market coverage on union bargaining power. Estimated coverage effects vary by major industry groupings and are sensitive to changes in the specification of the wage equations. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1987
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Unionism and the dispersion of wages among blue-collar women
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Data from the 1973-1975 Current Population Surveys is used to examine the impact of unionism on wage dispersion among blue-collar women. The methodology employed in Freeman (1980) is used as a point of departure for this investigation, which disaggregates the results by sex. The study presents evidence that indicates the impact of unionism on the dispersion of earnings differs across sex. The study also examines whether the differential results occur because of differences in the types of jobs held by nonunion men relative to nonunion women and finds support for this hypothesis. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1987
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Union influences of pay policy: a survey
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This article examines how unions influence pay policy in organizations. Viewed from the perspectives of industrial relations and strategic human resource management, unions affect the level, form, structure, and system of pay. Implications for further research are specified. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1989
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