We develop and estimate a model of the union's optimal extent oforganizing activity that accounts for the decision of employers regardingresistance to union organizing. The central exogenous variable in theanalysis is the quantity of quasi-rents per worker available to be splitbetween unions and...

We develop and estimate a model of the union's optimal extent of organizing activity that accounts for the decision of employers regarding resistance to union organizing. The central exogenous variable in the analysis is the quantity of quasi-rents per worker available to be split between unions...

This paper develops a model of the determination of the union status of workers that allows for the possibility of queuing for union jobs. The empirical results derived, using a sample from the University of Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics, are supportive of the queuing hypothesis. The...