TY - JOUR
T1 - The changing determinants of U.S. Unionism
T2 - An analysis using worker-level data
AU - Bender, Keith A.
PY - 1997/9/1
Y1 - 1997/9/1
N2 - In contrast to much of the literature examining the decline of trade unions in the United States, I examine the decline from the perspective of the individual employee. Worker-level data combined with industry-level data for the years 1972 and 1987 are used to investigate the decline. The central findings are that the changing sex and race composition of the labor force and increases in management resistance have had little influence, while gains in educational levels, changing occupations, and reductions in the economies of scale of union organizing have contributed greatly to the decline.
AB - In contrast to much of the literature examining the decline of trade unions in the United States, I examine the decline from the perspective of the individual employee. Worker-level data combined with industry-level data for the years 1972 and 1987 are used to investigate the decline. The central findings are that the changing sex and race composition of the labor force and increases in management resistance have had little influence, while gains in educational levels, changing occupations, and reductions in the economies of scale of union organizing have contributed greatly to the decline.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0039415326&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12122-997-1047-y
DO - 10.1007/s12122-997-1047-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0039415326
SN - 0195-3613
VL - 18
SP - 403
EP - 423
JO - Journal of Labor Research
JF - Journal of Labor Research
IS - 3
ER -
