Estimates of union density by State

Researchers, public agencies, labor unions, private analysts, and the media are among those seeking information on union density, defined here as the percentage of non-agricultural wage and salary employees who are union members. This report describes the derivation of time-consistent estimates of u...

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Published in:Monthly Labor Review 2001-07, Vol.124 (7), p.51-55
Main Authors: Hirsch, Barry T., Macpherson, David A., Vroman, Wayne G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collective bargaining
Demographics
Density
Density estimation
Directories
Economic statistics
Employee associations
Employees
Labor
Labor contracts
Labor supply
Labor unionization
Labor unions
Labour unions
Observation
Ratios
Research Summary
Sample Size
State estimation
Statistics
Union contracts
Union Members
Union membership
Unionization
United States
Wages
Wages & salaries
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Summary:Researchers, public agencies, labor unions, private analysts, and the media are among those seeking information on union density, defined here as the percentage of non-agricultural wage and salary employees who are union members. This report describes the derivation of time-consistent estimates of union density by State for the 1964-2000 period. It also provides an alternative measure of union density. Two sources of data are combined to produce the estimates: 1. compilations from the Current Population Survey, and 2. the now discontinued BLS publication Directory of National Unions and Employee Associations.
ISSN:0098-1818
1937-4658