The Dynamics of Unionizing Establishments: A Learning Theory and Some Evidence

Thomas Holmes ()

No 109, 2004 Meeting Papers from Society for Economic Dynamics

Abstract: The organization of workers at an establishment into a trade union is a dynamic process. Establishments that have recently been unionized are relatively likely to switch back into nonunion status, compared with long-unionized establishments. This paper develops a model of learning by workers about the value of union. It explicitly models the U.S. institutional features of an establishment-level election process. It applies the theory to data on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) elections in the nursing home industry

Keywords: Learning; Dynamics; NLRB Elections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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