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What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data?

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dc.creator Polachek, Solomon W.
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:08:53Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:08:53Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20135
dc.identifier ppn:372028845
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20135
dc.description This paper is composed of two parts. First, using international data, I corroborate that union density in the U.S. declined because of asymmetric growth between the union and nonunion sectors. I show union density to increase in countries experiencing strong manufacturing growth, and to decline in countries undergoing large women?s increases in nonagricultural employment. Second, I borrow from international relations research on war and peace to develop a cogent reason why union density differs by sector. In this vein, I apply a model primarily used to describe bilateral political interactions to figure out why workers often engage in hostile activities such as strikes. In doing so, I look at the contentious rather than the cooperative ?face? of unions.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 896
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J4
dc.subject F16
dc.subject J5
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject unions
dc.subject union density
dc.subject manufacturing growth
dc.subject international relations
dc.subject Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad
dc.subject Drei-Sektoren-Hypothese
dc.subject Strukturwandel
dc.subject Branchenentwicklung
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Vereinigte Staaten
dc.subject Welt
dc.title What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data?
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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