Amenities and the labor earnings function

I was unable to copy/paste the abstract, but the paper argues that amenities exert an important effect on wage differentials over space. Indeed, we show that as much has half of the apparent effect of unionization on wages is actually compensation for less desirable climate in locations that are most unionized.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Graves, Philip E. ; Arthur, Michelle M. ; Sexton, Robert L.
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	amenities \| climate \| weather \| wage compensation \| return to unionization

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	A1 - General Economics ; J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs ; J1 - Demographic Economics ; J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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