Wage loss following displacement: The role of union coverage.
Using two Canadian data sets, the authors explore the role of union coverage in displaced workers' wage losses. While only 32% of the workers had unionized jobs prior to displacement, the wage loss suffered by these workers represented about 80% of the wages lost by all displaced workers in both samples. Losing union status was associated with large losses whether or not a worker switched industries after displacement. Extrapolating the results to the United States, the authors estimate that one-third to one-half of U.S. displaced workers' wage losses may be due purely to the loss of union coverage. (Abstract courtesy JSTOR.)
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1998
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Authors: | Kuhn, Peter ; Sweetman, Arthur |
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Industrial and Labor Relations Review. - School of Industrial & Labor Relations, ISSN 0019-7939. - Vol. 51.1998, 3, p. 384-400
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations |
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