BEN S. SHIPPEN, JR.; LYNCH, ALLEN K. - In: Journal of Labor Research 23 (2002) 1, pp. 131-144
We reexamine the effect of import competition on union wages using the NBER Industry Data for Imports and Exports by SIC category 1987-1994 (Feenstra, 1996). We find that the effect of import share on union wage levels and wage growth is zero by the end of the twelve-year period covering...