Past research on the allocation of factor inputs for the airline industry suggests an overutilization of labor relative to other inputs immediately following deregulation. This study argues rigid work rules in conjunction with productivity improvements of nonlabor inputs may create an incentive...

This paper uses individual worker and municipal information to examine privatization's influence on public transit workers' earnings and employment. OLS findings on labor earnings reveal that privatization is associated with an erosion of the public transit union premium. These labor earning...

This chapter tests the hypothesis that ocean transportation deregulation presents owner-operators with greater job opportunities and the opportunity to increase earnings at port cities. The pre- and post-deregulation earnings estimates of owner-operator drivers in the fifty busiest port-cities...

This chapter investigates the separate earnings pattern of managers, union, and non-union employees in the U.S. rail industry during regulatory and deregulatory regimes. Such an empirical investigation is significant, in part, because economic theory does not provide an obvious prediction on...

This paper examines regional wage patterns of low- and high-wage dockworkers following deregulation. Findings reveal significant wage premium increases for low-wage dockworkers residing in the East and West Coasts following the initial deregulation in 1984. These premium gains surpass...