study is motivated by profound recent changes in the composition of the unionized workforce. Historically, union jobs were …, unions reduce economy-wide wage inequality by less than 10% in both countries. However, union impacts on wage inequality are … no longer differ. The key differences in union impacts are between the public and private sectors - not between males and …

Union membership in the United States displayed a ∩-shaped pattern over the 20th century, while income inequality … the economy. Firms hire capital, plus skilled and unskilled labor. Unionization is a costly process. A union chooses how … many firms to organize and the union wage. Simulation of the model establishes that skill-biased technological change …

union membership is low in many countries, union coverage is high and almost all countries also have some form of national …

. Although union membership is limited in many of them, union coverage is high and almost all countries also have some form of …

union membership is low in many countries, union coverage is high and almost all countries also have some form of national …

union membership is low in many countries, union coverage is high and almost all countries also have some form of national …

We examine union-non-union differentials in wages and hours in the United States over the last 50 years using data from … the Current Population Survey (CPS). The regression-adjusted difference between union members' and non-members' hourly … earnings has been falling since the Great Recession. The union differential in weekly wages has been more stable. Although it …