estimate the career effects of labor union membership. In the survey, we show how workers perceive the role of unions in … setting wages and determining work amenities. In the administrative data, we causally examine through which channels unions … influence worker outcomes, whether unions influence workers differently across their careers, and what the overall long …

both genders. This supports the argument that large nonunion firms pay higher wages to discourage the entrance of unions (i … relative to females. This implies that unions in the large establishments may have a role to play in achieving a narrowing of … components of the compensation structure, unions should not treat both genders similarly with respect to wages and benefits …

We present a simple framework for analyzing decline in union voice in the Anglo-American world and its replacement by … non-union, often direct, forms of worker voice. We argue that it is a decline in the in-flow to unionisation among … voice is predicted by transaction cost economics, while the growth in non-union forms of worker voice is aided by declining …

Labor unions, chiefly through collective organizing and bargaining, almost universally increase the wages of their … service industry, less favorable labor law, and possibly increased opposition toward unions. Methodological challenges and …

To what extent is labour mobility in the European Union a threat to the strength of unions? We argue that the … unions. The challenge will be particularly severe if immigrant competition affects natives' propensity to unionize. We …