Geographic spillover of unionism

Thomas Holmes (holmes@umn.edu)

No 368, Staff Report from Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Abstract: Unionism in the United States is contagious; it spills out of coal mines and steel mills into other establishments in the neighborhood, like hospitals and supermarkets. The geographic spillover of unionism is documented here using a newly constructed establishment level data on unionism that is rich in geographic detail. A strong connection is found between unionism of health care establishments today and proximity to unionized coal mines and steel mills from the 1950s.

Keywords: Collective; bargaining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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