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Geographic spillover of unionism

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Thomas J. Holmes
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Unionism in the United States is contagious; it spills out of coal mines and steel mills into other establishments in the neighborhood, like hospitals and supermarkets. The geographic spillover of unionism is documented here using a newly constructed establishment level data on unionism that is rich in geographic detail. A strong connection is found between unionism of health care establishments today and proximity to unionized coal mines and steel mills from the 1950s.

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Paper provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in its series Staff Report with number 368.

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Keywords: Collective bargaining;

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  1. Rafael Gomez & Konstantinos Tzioumis, 2006. "What Do Unions Do to CEO Compensation?," CEP Discussion Papers dp0720, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
  2. David Lee & Alexandre Mas, 2009. "Long-Run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961-1999," NBER Working Papers 14709, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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