Unions and Upward Mobility for Immigrant Workers

John Schmitt

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Abstract: This report reviews the characteristics of the immigrant workforce and analyzes the impact of unionization on the pay and benefits of immigrant workers. According to the most recent available data, immigrant workers are now over 15 percent of the workforce and almost 13 percent of unionized workers. Even after controlling for systematic differences between union and non-union workers, union representation substantially improves the pay and benefits received by immigrants.

Keywords: unions; wages; benefits; pension; health insurance; immigrants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J J1 J3 J31 J32 J41 J5 J58 J6 J68 J88 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2010-03
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