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Title: The Exit-Voice Tradeoff in the Labor Market: Unionism, Job Tenure, Quits, and Separations
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Freeman, Richard B. |
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The Exit-Voice Tradeoff in the Labor Market: Unionism, Job Tenure, Quits, and Separations Quarterly Journal of Economics 94,4 (June 1980): 643- 673. Also: http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/94/4/643.abstract Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: MIT Press Keyword(s): Exits; Growth Curves; Job Tenure; Racial Differences; Unions This paper examines the effect of trade unionism on the exit behavior of workers in the context of Hirschman's exit-voice dichotomy. Unionism is expected to reduce quits and permanent separations and raise job tenure by providing a "voice" alternative to exit when workers are dissatisfied with conditions. Empirical evidence supports this contention, showing significantly lower exit for unionists in several large data tapes. It is argued that the grievance system plays a major role in the reduction in exit and that the reduction lowers cost and raises productivity. |
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Freeman, Richard B. "The Exit-Voice Tradeoff in the Labor Market: Unionism, Job Tenure, Quits, and Separations." Quarterly Journal of Economics 94,4 (June 1980): 643- 673.
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