The Determination of the Union Status of Workers

Henry S. Farber

The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Abstract: A model of the determination of the union status of workers is developed that incorporates the separate decisions of workers and potential union employers in a framework which recognizes the possibility of an excess supply of workers for existing union jobs. This theoretical framework results in an empirical problem of partial observability because information on union status is not sufficient to determine whether nonunion workers are nonunion because they do not desire union representation or because they were not hired by union employers despite a preference for union representation. The problem is solved by using data from the Quality of Employment Survey that have a unique piece of information on worker preferences which allow identification and estimation of the model.

Pages: 40 pages
Date: 1983
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