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Journal
Journal of Collective Negotiations
ISSN
2167-7816 (print) 2167-7824 (electronic)
Volume
21
Issue
4
Date
12/1/1992

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Title
UNION WAGE EFFECTS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT ACROSS ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES
DOI
10.2190/TR6L-QBL5-65QL-R0AT
Author
JAVED ASHRAF
Online Date
05/09/2002

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UNION WAGE EFFECTS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT ACROSS ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES

JAVED ASHRAF

DOI: 10.2190/TR6L-QBL5-65QL-R0AT

Abstract

Although numerous studies have been carried out on the wage effects of unions, relatively few have compared the effect of collective bargaining in the public sector relative to that in the private sector. This study attempts to fill this gap in the literature by calculating separate estimates of the union wage premium for federal, state, and local government workers, and then compares these estimates with that for private sector employees. Relatively new data from the 1987 Panel Study of Income Dynamics is used for this study. It was found that private sector unions lead to larger wage gains for their members than do public sector unions, but that collective bargaining does lead to significant earnings gains in all three governmental sectors.

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