Economic data have long demonstrated a substantial wage premium for unionized workers--
on the order of 10 to 20 percent--relative to non-union workers with similar characteristics …

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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data show that the relationship between union and
nonunion pay increases in private industry has varied over time. Employment Cost Index …

We explore the various claims made by Freeman and Medoff (FM) in their famous book
What do unions do? about the impact of unions on wages and update them with new and …

Although traditional wage estimates indicate a larger union-nonunion differential in the
private sector compared to that in the federal sector, the role of non-wage benefits is ignored …

Wage differences between the union and nonunion sectors result from sectoral variation in
both worker characteristics, such as educational attainment and job experience, and labor …

THE impact of unionism on relative wage rates is a topic of long-standing interest in labor
economics. Over the years researchers have used a variety of approaches to estimate the …

HOW MUCH MORE do unionized workers earn than non-unionized workers? Since the
1970s, the wage gap has varied between 10 and 25% in Canada (Renaud 1997) and …

This paper re-examines the connection between unions and wage inequality, focusing on
three questions:(1) How does the union wage effect vary across the wage distribution?(2) …

Using Current Population Survey data for the years 1973–86, this study tests the hypothesis
that the steep decline of union employment shares since 1973 is related to increases in …