American Trade Union Growth: 1900-1960

Ashenfelter, Orley; Pencavel, John

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“…14 ( Table 1 about here) An early study by Ashenfelter and Pencavel (1969), examining trade union growth between 1904 and 1960, has received considerable attention and has served as the basis for much subsequent analysis. 15 The authors specify and estimate a model with the annual percentage change in trade union membership as the dependent variable and five explanatory variables that all prove to be statistically significant.…”

Section: Macro-determinants Of Union Growth and Decline: Empirical Rementioning

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Determinants of Trade Union Membership

Schnabel

2003

International Handbook of Trade Unions

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Section: Macro-determinants Of Union Growth and Decline: Empirical Rementioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of Trade Union Membership

Schnabel

2003

International Handbook of Trade Unions

137

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“…As noted, Lipset (1986) argues that public opinion is an important determinant of trade union growth. In addition, union growth is typically viewed as a function of the business cycle (e.g., Ashenfelter and Pencavel, 1969). The small number of observations available for our analysis precludes any attempt to estimate a set of simultaneous equations.…”

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American trade unions and public approval: Can unions please all of the people all of the time?

Jarley

Kuruvilla

1994

Journal of Labor Research

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Public opinion about labor unions has long been viewed as an important determinant of industrial relations outcomes. Yet, analyses of changes in union popularity over time have been largely qualitative and have focused on the impact of short-term idiosyncratic events. This paper provides a quantitative analysis of the determinants of American public approval of unions from 1936 to 1991. Hypotheses relating to the union wage advantage, strike activity, the national unemployment rate, and World War II, receive the strongest support. The implications of these results for organized labor and future research on attitudes toward unions are discussed. Suggested Citation

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“…The time-series studies have an economic focus, though only Borland and Ouliaris present a model that has links to individual decision making. 4 Sharpe (1971) and Kenyon and Lewis (1990) base their analyses on the aggregate level model outlined by Ashenfelter and Pencavel (1969). Details are listed in Table 2.…”

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“…In this model growth in trade union membership is related to union density, growth in money wages and prices, the unemployment rate and growth in unemployment. They report that this specification is dominated, on statistical criteria, by one based on the approach proposed by Ashenfelter and Pencavel (1969). 5 Sharpe's (1971) model explains around three-quarters of the variation in the annual growth in union membership.…”

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