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Author: Sickmeier, Marie B.
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1. Sickmeier, Marie B.
Union Wage Impact: Cross-Sectional & Longitudinal Analyses Using the NLSY
Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1989
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Unions; Wage Effects

To date, the state of the research on the impact of unions on wages is clear on the existence on a union wage differential, but the size of the differential remains subject to debate. Central to the uncertainty surrounding the debate is which type of research design is most appropriate for measuring the differential. This dissertation addresses this issue by conducting cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis using the NLSY. Results of the two cross-sectional analyses and the longitudinal analyses lead us to the following conclusions: (1) the impact of unions on the wages of youth is less than it is traditionally argued for - on the order of ten percent for males and three percent for females; (2) cross-sectional estimates of 14 and 12 percent were found for the years of 1982 and 1986, respectively; and (3) striking gender differences in the impact of unions on wages were reported with unions having no significant effect on female wages in the longitudinal analysis. Suggestions for future research utilizing longitudinal data sets and arguments for the inclusion of both genders in such efforts are presented. The authors conclude that longitudinal designs are the preferred way of investigating the union impact on wages.
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Sickmeier, Marie B. Union Wage Impact: Cross-Sectional & Longitudinal Analyses Using the NLSY. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1989.