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Measuring the Effect of Arbitration on Wage Levels: The Case of Police Officers

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  • Orley Ashenfelter

    (Princeton University)

  • Dean Hyslop

    (UCLA)

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In this paper we provide an empirical evaluation of the effect that the provision of an arbitration statute has on the wage levels of police officers. We analyze the effect of arbitration on wages by comparing wage levels across political jurisdictions and over time using a sample of states. Two complementary data sources are used: panel data on state level wages of police officers, and individual level data on police officers from Decennial Censuses. The empirical results from both data sets are remarkably consistent and provide no robust evidence that the presence of arbitration statutes has a consistent effect on overall wage levels. On average, the effect of arbitration is approximately zero, although there is substantial heterogeneity in the estimated effects across states.

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  • Orley Ashenfelter & Dean Hyslop, 1999. "Measuring the Effect of Arbitration on Wage Levels: The Case of Police Officers," Working Papers 800, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
    • Handle: RePEc:pri:indrel:421
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    1. Richard P. Chaykowski, 2019. "Time to Tweak or Re-boot? Assessing the Interest Arbitration Process in Canadian Industrial Relations," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 539, April.
    2. John H. Tyler & Jeffrey R. Kling, 2004. "Prison-Based Education And Re-Entry Into The Mainstream Labor Market," Working Papers 2004-10, Brown University, Department of Economics.
    3. Thomas Kochan & David B. Lipsky & Mary Newhart & Alan Benson, 2010. "The Long Haul Effects of Interest Arbitration: The Case of New York State's Taylor Law," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 63(4), pages 565-584, July.
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    • N80 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N81 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913

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