The Union Wage Effect and Ability Bias: Evidence from Ireland

Frank Walsh

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Abstract: We use longitudinal data from an Irish household survey to measure the union wage premium. A sub-sample where the worker's payslip was seen by the interviewer is unlikely to have measurement error for the union variable. The results support the finding that measurement error leads to a large downward bias in fixed effects estimates of the union effect but indicate that ability bias has a small effect on the average union wage premium.

Keywords: Union wage premium; Ability bias; Measurement error (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 3 pages
Date: 2013-06
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Published in: Economics Letters, 119(3) 2013-06

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