THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACROSS ACADEMIC RANKS

H. KENT BAKER

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DOI: 10.2190/KGCE-3X49-TYWU-4R7N

Abstract

This article examines the impact of collective bargaining on faculty compensation across academic ranks based on thirty-three matched pairs of union and nonunion institutions. The results indicate that prior to unionization faculty compensation levels were not unusually low for those institutions that subsequently unionized. The findings also show that unionization does result in some economic gains in the from of compensation for faculty at all academic ranks but these gains were rarely statistically significant. Little difference is found in the economic status of junior versus senior faculty as a consequence of unionization.

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