LABOR MARKET STRUCTURE AND UNION WAGE LEVELS |
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Authors: | WALLACE Hendricks |
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Affiliation: | University of Illinois |
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Abstract: | This paper uses disaggregated data taken from union collective bargaining agreements to test several hypotheses on the impact of labor market structure on the wage levels of union members in U. S. manufacturing. The structure of collective bargaining, specifically the bargaining unit, is shown to play an important role in the determination of wage levels although this role is in some cases different than has generally been believed. |
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