The decline of US labor unions and the role of trade /
[Book]
Robert E. Baldwin.
Washington, D.C. :
Institute for International Economics,
2003.
1 online resource (xiii, 89 pages).
The globalization balance sheet series
"June 2003."
Includes bibliographical references (page 81) and index.
Trends in national and regional unionization rates and in union versus nonunion wages. National trends in unionization -- Regional trends in unionization -- Trends in the earnings of union relative to nonunion workers -- Changes in unionization rates : a decomposition analysis. Industry effects on the national rate of unionization -- Industry effects on regional unionization rates in manufacturing -- Regional effects on the national unionization rate in manufacturing -- The effects of trade and other economic factors on the rate of unionization : an analytical review. Increases in trade and foreign direct investment technological changes -- Relative shifts in the demand for goods and services -- Changes in the relative supply of basically educated versus more-educated labor net effects of the four economic forces -- Estimating the impact of increased trade on the employment of union and nonunion workers. Statistical model -- Data issues -- Summary statistics -- Regression results -- Total employment effects.
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