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How necessary are unions? : insights from John R. Commons
Chasse, John Dennis - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 52 (2018) 2, pp. 413-421
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Does policy advocacy generate good PR? : evidence from labor unions and minimum wages
Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R. - 2023
We develop new facts relating news coverage, interest groups, and events in the legislative histories of minimum wage increases. First, we create and validate a database of news articles that includes coverage of minimum wages and organized labor. Second, we show that policy changes predict...
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Why do labor unions advocate for minimum wage increases?
Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R. - 2023
paper, we study the interplay between minimum wages and union membership. We estimate that each dollar in minimum wage … increase predicts a 5 percent increase (0.3 pp) in the union membership rate among individuals ages 16-40. Consistent with a … classic "free-riding" hypothesis, however, we find that minimum wage increases predict declines in union membership among the …
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Reclaiming the Union Movement Through Union Dues? A Postmodern Perspective in the Mirror of Public Choice Theory
Hutchison, Harry G. - 2001
The National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB)seeming powerlessness to process dues objector cases has led to a proliferation of state sponsored "paycheck protection" laws and popular referenda devised to ensure that workers will not be obliged to pay dues for non-germane purposes. Recently,...
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Do higher minimum wages decrease union membership in minimum-wage-intensive industries?
Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R. - In: Applied economics letters 31 (2024) 16, pp. 1453-1461
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The political economy of regionalism
Goyal, Sanjeev; Staal, Klaas - 2000
We examine the incentives of regions in a country to unite or toseparate. We find that smaller regions have greater incentives tounite, relative to larger regions. We show, however, that on thewhole, majority voting on separation and union generates excessiveincentives to separate. This leads us...
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Stable unions
Azrieli, Yaron; Levin, Dan - In: Economic theory : official journal of the Society for … 69 (2020) 2, pp. 337-365
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Who wants to loosen employment protection? : evidence on preferences for labour market deregulation in Italy
Morandini, Maria Chiara - In: Stato e mercato 111 (2017) 3, pp. 421-458
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The costs of favoritism : is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
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