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Unions and Upward Mobility for Women Workers

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John Schmitt

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This report uses national data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to show that unionization raises the wages of the typical woman worker by 11.2 percent compared to their non-union peers. The study goes on to show that unionization also increases the likelihood that a woman worker will have health insurance and a pension. The study also notes that union membership results in health care and pension gain on par with the gains of a college education.

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Paper provided by Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in its series CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs with number 2008-31.

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Date of creation: Dec 2008
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Keywords: unions; women; wages; benefits; pension;

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J - Labor and Demographic Economics
J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Private Pensions
J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
J58 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Public Policy
J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies
J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Public Policy
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