Unions and Productivity in the Public Sector: A Study of Municipal Libraries

Ronald Ehrenberg, Daniel R. Sherman and Joshua L. Schwarz

ILR Review, 1983, vol. 36, issue 2, 199-213

Abstract: This paper develops and illustrates the use of two methodologies to analyze the effect of unions on productivity in the public sector. Although the methodologies are applicable to a wide variety of public sector functions, the focus of the paper is on municipal libraries because of the availability of relevant data. The empirical analysis, which uses 1977 cross-section data on 260 libraries, suggests that collective bargaining coverage has not significantly affected productivity in municipal libraries.

Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1177/001979398303600203

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