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Title: Racial Differentials in Union Relative Wage Effects: A Simultaneous Equations Approach
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Leigh, Duane E. |
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Racial Differentials in Union Relative Wage Effects: A Simultaneous Equations Approach Journal of Labor Research 1,1 (March 1980): 95-114. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/p33x3jl503330013/ Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men Publisher: John M. Olin Institute at George Mason University Keyword(s): Job Training; Racial Differences; Regions; Schooling; Simultaneity; Unions; Wage Effects Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study investigated the effect of relative wages on union status and the effect of unions in raising wages using a three-equation model determining unionism and union and nonunion wage rates. Parameters of the model were estimated using the NLS examples of Young and Older Men. The primary focus of the analysis was on racial differentials of these effects within age groups. Estimation of the unionism equation indicated that for both age cohorts, union status is generally as sensitive to the personal characteristics and industry of employment of blacks as it is for whites. Among middle-aged men, the predicted union-nonunion wage differential has a positive and significant impact on union status, with the estimates obtained for whites exceeding that for blacks. The effect of relative wages for young men was found to be positive but not statistically significant for either racial group. The interpretation given these results is that choice of union status appears to be more constrained by employer selectivity for young workers and for middle-aged blacks than it is for middle-aged whites. |
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Leigh, Duane E. "Racial Differentials in Union Relative Wage Effects: A Simultaneous Equations Approach." Journal of Labor Research 1,1 (March 1980): 95-114.
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