Unionization and Employment Behavior

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David G. Blanchflower

Dartmouth College - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); University of Stirling - Department of Economics

Neil Millward

National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) - WERS Data Dissemination Service

Andrew J. Oswald

University of Warwick - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: November 1989

Abstract

Although there exists a large literature on the effects of trade unions upon wages, there is no published work that uses microeconomic data to examine the employment consequences of unionization. The paper addresses this issue with a new British data set and shows that, even after the addition of a substantial set of control variables, there is a strong association between poor employment performance and the presence of trade unions. The union employment growth differential is estimated at approximately -3% per annum.

Suggested Citation

Blanchflower, David G. and Millward, Neil and Oswald, Andrew J., Unionization and Employment Behavior (November 1989). NBER Working Paper No. w3180, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=467631

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