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A Study Analyzing the Impact of Unionization on State Wages
A Study Analyzing the Impact of Unionization on State Wages
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Mckenzie, Rhone
Tinsley, Sarah
Tsuchiya, Ellie
Tinsley, Sarah
Tsuchiya, Ellie
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Abstract
This study was motivated by existing literature on unions which attempt to understand and measure
the impact of unionization on wages and the welfare of workers. Our analysis tries to further this
research by exploring the effects unionization has on wages at the state level. Unionization, our main
explanatory variable, is identified as the total union coverage by state in both the private and public
sectors in all of our models. The explained variable in all of our models is mean hourly wages. Our
results suggest that union coverage positively impacts wages. Furthermore, the size of the IT
professional sector within a given state’s economy has the largest impact on hourly wages followed
by union coverage and GDP.
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2018-11
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Undergraduate Research Paper