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When Public Sector Workers Unionize /

In the 1980s, public sector unionism has become the most vibrant component of the American labor movement. What does this new "look" of organized labor mean for the economy? Do labor-management relations in the public sector mirror patterns in the private, or do they introduce a novel para...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Allen, Steven G. (Contribuidor), Bloom, David E. (Contribuidor), Brown, Charles C. (Contribuidor), Chaykowski, Richard P. (Contribuidor), Ehrenberg, Ronald G. (Contribuidor), Farber, Henry S. (Contribuidor), Freeman, Richard B. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Ichniowski, Casey (Contribuidor, Editor ), Kleiner, Morris M. (Contribuidor), Krueger, Alan B. (Contribuidor), Lewis, H. Gregg (Contribuidor), Medoff, James L. (Contribuidor), Petree, Daniel L. (Contribuidor), Saltzman, Gregory M. (Contribuidor), Valletta, Robert G. (Contribuidor), Zax, Jeffrey (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2007]
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Public Sector Look of American Unionism
  • I. The Role of Public Sector Labor Law
  • 1. Public Sector Union Growth and Bargaining Laws: A Proportional Hazards Approach with Time-Varying Treatments
  • 2. Public Sector Bargaining Laws Really Matter: Evidence from Ohio and Illinois
  • 3. The Effects of Public Sector Labor Laws on Labor Market Institutions and Outcomes
  • 4. Arbitrator Behavior in Public Sector Wage Disputes
  • 5. The Evolution of Public Sector Bargaining Laws
  • II. The Effects of Public Sector Bargaining on Wages
  • 6. Union/Nonunion Wage Gaps in the Public Sector
  • 7. Employer Size, Pay, and the Ability to Pay in the Public Sector
  • 8. Are Public Sector Workers Paid More Than Their Alternative Wage? Evidence from Longitudinal Data and Job Queues
  • III. Effects on Nonwage Outcomes
  • 9. On Estimating the Effects of Increased Aid to Education
  • 10. Unions and Job Security in the Public Sector
  • 11. Unionism and Licensing of Public School Teachers: Impact on Wages and Educational Output
  • 12. The Effects of Public Sector Unionism on Pay, Employment, Department Budgets, and Municipal Expenditures
  • Appendix A. Collective Organization of Labor in the Public Sector
  • Appendix B. The NBER Public Sector Collective Bargaining Law Data Set
  • List of Contributors
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index