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dc.contributor.author | Polachek, Solomon W. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T16:11:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T16:11:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20135 | - |
dc.description.abstract | 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 nonagriculturalemployment. 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 thanthe cooperative ?face? of unions. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x896 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J4 | en |
dc.subject.jel | F16 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J5 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | unions | en |
dc.subject.keyword | union density | en |
dc.subject.keyword | manufacturing growth | en |
dc.subject.keyword | international relations | en |
dc.subject.stw | Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad | en |
dc.subject.stw | Drei-Sektoren-Hypothese | en |
dc.subject.stw | Strukturwandel | en |
dc.subject.stw | Branchenentwicklung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Schätzung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Vereinigte Staaten | en |
dc.subject.stw | Welt | en |
dc.title | What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data? | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 372028845 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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