New Estimates of the Industrial Locus of Unionism in the United States / Richard B. Freeman, James L. Medoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Richard B.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Medoff, James L.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0273.

NBER working paper series no. w0273

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrialization.

Economics--Research.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1978.

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1978.

Summary:

This study presents new estimates of collective bargaining coverage and union membership for detailed U.S. industries. It compares the new coverage and membership figures with each other and with figures derived by researchers for the early 1960's and analyzes the divergences. This analysis leads to three primary conclusions:1) Estimated coverage percentages are on average higher than estimated membership percentages; 2) This relationship is primarily the result of the absence of union security clauses (under which covered employees must at some point become union members); 3) Even among production workers within detailed industries, private sector unionism has been dwindling during the past two decades.

Notes:

Print version record

August 1978.