Addison, John T.; Belfield, Clive R. - 2004
negative effect of unions on employment growth. Following on a recent study in this Journal, we reexamine the issue using … employment data from a panel of firms surveyed at two points in time rather than a single cross section. We report similar … evidence of employment retardation in union regimes. On the other hand, the new data also suggest that some other unfavorable …