Democrats and Unions
This paper investigates whether the Democratic Party has any significant effects on unions. Employing Regression Discontinuity (RD) approach on gubernatorial elections in U.S. states over the last three decades, we investigate causal effects of Democratic governors on unionization of workers, and unionized workers' working hours and earnings. Surprisingly, we find no significant impact from Democratic governors on union membership and union members' labor-market outcomes.
Authors: | Beland, Louis-Philippe ; Unel, Bulent |
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Institutions: | Department of Economics, Ourso College of Business |
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