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Who do Unions Target? Unionization over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses
Greenwood, Jeremy; Dinlersoz, Emin; Hyatt, Henry - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
What type of businesses do unions target for organizing? A dynamic model of the union organizing process is constructed … union certification election. The model predicts two main selection effects: unions organizing occurs in larger and more … productive establishments early in their life-cycles, and among the establishments targeted for organizing, unions are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010822033
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Union Organizing Decisions in a Deteriorating Environment: The Composition of Representation Elections and the Decline in Turnout
Farber, Henry S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
It is well known that the organizing environment for labor unions in the U.S. has deteriorated dramatically over a long … environment will lead unions not only to contest fewer elections but also to focus on larger potential bargaining units and on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744564
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Helping Workers Online and Offline: Innovations in Union and Worker Organization Using the Internet
Freeman, Richard B.; Rehavi, M. Marit - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
This study examines two innovative efforts to provide union services to workers with the aid of low cost Internet communication: the AFL-CIO's Working America, a "community affiliate" that enrolled 2 million workers from 2004 to 2007 by canvassing them at their homes and over the Internet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830169
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Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961-1999
Lee, David; Mas, Alexandre - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We estimate the effect of new unionization on firms' equity value over the 1961-1999 period using a newly assembled sample of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) representation elections matched to stock market data. Event-study estimates show an average union effect on the equity value of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005778127
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To Join or Not to Join? Factors Influencing Employee Share Plan Membership in a Multinational Corporation
Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
variation. Participation in the plan is higher the greater the potential pay-off from joining the share plan, which indicates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531876
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Wage Effects of Unionization and Occupational Licensing Coverage in the United States
Gittleman, Maury; Kleiner, Morris M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
small sample sizes, for the period 2006 through 2008. Our analysis examines the impact of unions and licensing coverage on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821983
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Union Success in Representation Elections: Why Does Unit Size Matter?
Farber, Henry S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999
the entire period; 3) it has always been the case that unions have been less likely to win NLRB-supervised representation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005778416
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Wrongful Discharge Laws and Innovation
Acharya, Viral V.; Baghai, Ramin P.; Subramanian, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We show that wrongful discharge laws - laws that protect employees against unjust dismissal - spur innovation and new firm creation. Wrongful discharge laws, particularly those that prohibit employers from acting in bad faith ex post, limit employers' ability to hold up innovating employees...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951443
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What Effect do Unions Have on Wages Now and Would 'What Do Unions Do' Be Surprised?
Bryson, Alex; Blanchflower, David G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003
We explore the various claims made by Freeman and Medoff (FM) in their famous book What do unions do? about the impact … of unions on wages and update them with new and better data. The main findings are as follows. 1) Private sector union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005084490
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Do Cognitive Test Scores Explain Higher US Wage Inequality?
Blau, Francine; Kahn, Lawrence - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001
Using microdata from the 1994-6 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), we examine the role of cognitive skills in explaining higher wage inequality in the US. We find that while the greater dispersion of cognitive test scores in the US plays a part in explaining higher US wage inequality,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005085075