This chapter focuses on the lessons learned from four decades of studying the relationship between unions and job …

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 …

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 …

estimate the effects of unions on risk adjusted returns and find that the union effect on performance varies in ways that are … consistent with our priors. In particular, unions have the largest negative effect among multi-employer defined contribution … plans and the negative effect of unions can be eliminated by a switch to participant direction. Also, we find that unions …

Using a common methodology, the effects of unions on wage levels and wage dispersion are estimated for two neighboring … countries, Bolivia and Chile, and for the U.S. The analysis shows that unions have broadly similar effects on the wage … distribution within these three economies. The findings suggest that the political economy of unions, coupled with market …