 Shipping Deregulation's Wage Effect on Low and High Wage DockworkersJames Peoples, Wayne K. Talley and Pithoon Thanabordeekij Research in Transportation Economics, 2006, vol. 16, issue 1, 219-249 Abstract: This paper examines regional wage patterns of low- and high-wage dockworkers following deregulation. Findings reveal significant wage premium increases for low-wage dockworkers residing in the East and West Coasts following the initial deregulation in 1984. These premium gains surpass post-deregulation gains of high-wage dockworkers. Dockworker premiums do not change significantly for individuals residing in the southern U.S. These findings suggest that low-wage nonunion competition played a key role suppressing wages in the southern U.S. Unparallel union bargaining power in the East and West Coasts contributed to the high-relative wage gains of low-skilled dockworkers. In contrast to the post-1984 deregulation wage patterns, high-wage dockworkers received larger premium gains compared to the gains for low-wage dockworkers following passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998. These post-1998 findings support the hypothesis that the challenges in employing high-skilled dockworkers in the late 1990s contributed to their relative-wage gains. Date: 2006 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:retrec:v:16:y:2006:i:1:p:219-249 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Research in Transportation Economics is currently edited by M. Dresner More articles in Research in Transportation Economics from Elsevier |
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