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Private Sector Union Density and the Wage Premium: Past, Present, and Future

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Barry T. Hirsch
Edward J. Schumacher

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  1. Henry S. Farber, 1999. "Union Success in Representation Elections: Why Does Unit Size Matter?," NBER Working Papers 7229, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Barry T. Hirsch & David A. MacPherson & J. Michael Dumond, 1997. "Workers' Compensation recipiency in union and nonunion workplaces," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 50(2), pages 213-236, January.
  3. Gary N. Chaison & Dileep G. Dhavale, 1990. "A note on the severity of the decline in union organizing activity," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 43(4), pages 366-373, April.
  4. Richard B. Freeman & Edward P. Lazear, 1995. "An Economic Analysis of Works Councils," NBER Chapters, in: Works Councils: Consultation, Representation, and Cooperation in Industrial Relations, pages 27-52 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Farber, Henry S, 1990. "The Decline of Unionization in the United States: What Can Be Learned from Recent Experience," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 8(1), pages S75-105, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Alan Krueger, 1999. "Measuring Labor's Share," Working Papers 792, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Abowd, John M, 1989. "The Effect of Wage Bargains on the Stock Market Value of the Firm," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 79(4), pages 774-800, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  8. Hirsch, Barry T & Macpherson, David A, 2000. "Earnings, Rents, and Competition in the Airline Labor Market," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 18(1), pages 125-55, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  9. Barry T. Hirsch & Edward J. Schumacher, . "Unions, Wages, and Skills," Working Papers 9606, East Carolina University, Department of Economics.
  10. Barry Bosworth & George L. Perry, 1994. "Productivity and Real Wages: Is There a Puzzle?," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 25(1994-1), pages 317-343. [Downloadable!]
  11. Freeman, Richard B, 1988. "Contraction and Expansion: The Divergence of Private Sector and Public Sector Unionism in the United States," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 2(2), pages 63-88, Spring. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  12. Richard B. Freeman, 1997. "Spurts in Union Growth: Defining Moments and Social Processes," NBER Working Papers 6012, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  13. Riddell, W.C., 1993. "Unionization in Canada and the United States: A Tale of Two Countries," Papers 1993-1, Queen's at Kingston - Sch. of Indus. Relat. Papers in Industrial Relations.
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  14. Henry S. Farber, 1999. "Union Success in Representation Elections: Why Does Unit Size Matter?," Working Papers 799, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
  15. Bernt Bratsberg & James F. Ragan & Jr, 2002. "Changes in the union wage premium by industry," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 56(1), pages 65-83, October.
  16. Henry S. Farber & Alan B. Krueger, 1992. "Union Membership in the United States: The Decline Continues," NBER Working Papers 4216, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  17. Peoples, James, 1998. "Deregulation and the Labor Market," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 12(3), pages 111-30, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  18. Addison, John T & Hirsch, Barry T, 1989. "Union Effects on Productivity, Profits, and Growth: Has the Long Run Arrived?," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 7(1), pages 72-105, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  19. Peter D. Linneman & Michael L. Wachter & William H. Carter, 1990. "Evaluating the evidence on union employment and wages," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 44(1), pages 34-53, October.
  20. Richard B. Freeman & Morris M. Kleiner, 1999. "Do unions make enterprises insolvent?," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 52(4), pages 510-527, July.
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  21. David G. Blanchflower, 1997. "Changes Over Time in Union Relative Wage Effects in Great Britain and the United States," NBER Working Papers 6100, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  22. Macpherson, D.A. & Dunne, T., 1992. "Unionism and Gross Employment Flows," Working Papers 1992_10_5, Department of Economics, Florida State University.
  23. Card, David, 1996. "The Effect of Unions on the Structure of Wages: A Longitudinal Analysis," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 64(4), pages 957-79, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  24. Barry T. Hirsch & Edward J. Schumacher, 2000. "“Earnings Imputation and Bias in Wage Gap Estimates,”," Working Papers 0003, East Carolina University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  25. John Addison & Stanley Siebert & Joachim Wagner & Xiangdong Wei, 2000. "Worker Participation and Firm Performance: Evidence from Germany and Britain," British Journal of Industrial Relations, Blackwell Publishers Ltd/London School of Economics, vol. 38(1), pages 7-48, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  26. David Blanchflower & Alex Bryson, 2002. "Changes over time in union relative wage effects in the UK and the US revisited," NBER Working Papers 9395, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  27. Freeman, Richard B & Medoff, James L, 1981. "The Impact of the Percentage Organized on Union and Nonunion Wages," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 63(4), pages 561-72, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  30. Katharine G. Abraham & James R. Spletzer & Jay C. Stewart, 1999. "Why Do Different Wage Series Tell Different Stories?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 89(2), pages 34-39, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Michael Wachter, . "Judging Unions' Future Using a Historical Perspective: The Public Policy Choice Between Competition and Unionization," Scholarship at Penn Law upenn_wps-1029, University of Pennsylvania Law School. [Downloadable!]
  2. Rafael Gomez & Konstantinos Tzioumis, 2006. "What Do Unions Do to CEO Compensation?," CEP Discussion Papers dp0720, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
  3. John Godard, 2003. "Labour Unions, Workplace Rights and Canadian Public Policy," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 29(4), pages 449-467, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Sara de la Rica & Ainara González de San Román, 2007. "The Impact of Firm Level Contracting on Wage Levels and Inequality: Spain 1995-2002," DFAEII Working Papers 200707, University of the Basque Country - Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II. [Downloadable!]
  5. Alex Bryson, 2006. "Union Free-Riding in Britain and New Zealand," CEP Discussion Papers dp0713, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. [Downloadable!]
  6. John Schmitt, 2008. "The Union Wage Advantage for Low-Wage Workers," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2008-17, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). [Downloadable!]
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