Empirical evidence on the union free-rider problem: Do right-to-work laws matter? |
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Authors: | Russell S Sobel |
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Institution: | (1) West Virginia University, 26506 Morgantown, WV |
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Abstract: | This study provides detailed statistics by state, industry, occupation, and worker characteristics on private sector wage
and salary workers covered by union collective bargaining agreements but who are not union members. A distinction is made
between those workers who value the benefits of coverage more than the cost of membership, the true free riders, and those
who do not, the induced riders. A probit union membership equation is estimated on a sample which excludes the covered nonmembers.
Predicted probabilities are then calculated from the estimated model, yielding a quantifiable measure of the true free-rider
problem.
The author gratefully thanks Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and an anonymous referee for their constructive comments
and insightful ideas. Any errors remain the sole responsibility of the author. |
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