Union/Nonunion Differentials: Membership or Coverage?

Ethel B. Jones

Journal of Human Resources, 1982, vol. 17, issue 2, 276-285

Abstract: Economists have long suggested that labor unions suffer a free rider problem. The argument is that, since union-set wages are available to all workers covered by unions irrespective of their union status, and union membership entails costs, workers will ...

Date: 1982
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