Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278883 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16185
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We combine exogenous variation in union membership with detailed administrative data and a novel field survey to estimate the career effects of labor union membership. In the survey, we show how workers perceive the role of unions in setting wages and determining work amenities. In the administrative data, we causally examine through which channels unions influence worker outcomes, whether unions influence workers differently across their careers, and what the overall long-run effects of individual union membership are. Our results highlight that the career effect of union membership differs greatly depending on the age at which workers enroll. In addition, we show that focusing on a restricted set of outcomes, such as wages and employment, generates a fractionalized understanding of the multidimensional career effect that union membership has on workers.
Subjects: 
unions
wage premiums
job protection
work environment
JEL: 
J51
J31
J32
J16
J63
J65
J81
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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