Union Impact and Wage Discrimination by Region

Regional differences in the structures of wages, their implications for the measurement of wage differentials by race and sex, and the impact of unions on these wage differentials are investigated in this paper. A procedure for measuring wage differentials in an earnings-function framework is develo...

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Published in:The Journal of human resources 1977-10, Vol.12 (4), p.521-534
Main Authors: Kiefer, Nicholas M., Smith, Sharon P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Borderlands
Coefficients
Employment discrimination
Equal pay
Gender discrimination
Geographic regions
Human resources
Labor unions
Racial discrimination
Sex discrimination
Statistical data
Trends
Union membership
Variable coefficients
Wage differential
Wages
Wages & salaries
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Summary:Regional differences in the structures of wages, their implications for the measurement of wage differentials by race and sex, and the impact of unions on these wage differentials are investigated in this paper. A procedure for measuring wage differentials in an earnings-function framework is developed and applied to data from the May 1973 Current Population Survey. The effects of unionism on these differentials are measured. Substantial regional variation in wage differentials and the effects of unionism on wage differentials is found. The estimates imply that unionism has the effect of reducing racial wage differentials in the South (leaving them virtually unchanged in the other regions) and increasing intersex wage differentials (due largely to the intersex variation in the extent of union membership) in the three regions considered.
ISSN:0022-166X
1548-8004
DOI:10.2307/145373