Unions and productivity: Evidence from academe |
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Authors: | Mark Meador Stephen J K Walters |
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Institution: | (1) Loyola College in Maryland, 21210 Baltimore, MD |
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Abstract: | In order to test competing hypotheses about the effect of unions on labor productivity, we examine research performance in
a sample of 889 Ph.D.-granting departments (175 unionized) in public universities. We find no support for the hypothesis that
unions enhance productivity in academe. If we compare union and nonunion departments endowed with (sample) mean amounts of
labor and capital, we find that unionization is associated with a 17 percent reduction in output of published articles and
a 9 percent reduction in peers’ survey evaluations of a department’s level of scholarly achievement. |
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