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Right-to-Work Laws and Free Riding

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  • Davis, Joe C
  • Huston, John H

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Many economists argue that state right-to-work laws, by disallowing union shops, encourage free riding and, thus, diminish union viability. Others counter that right-to-work laws are not enforced and that they represent local attitudes and employee characteristics that would encourage free riding in any case. The authors find that when other factors that affect free riding are taken into account, the marginal impact of right-to-work laws remains significant, although of a smaller magnitude than that found in previous bivariate studies. Copyright 1993 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Davis, Joe C & Huston, John H, 1993. "Right-to-Work Laws and Free Riding," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 31(1), pages 52-58, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ecinqu:v:31:y:1993:i:1:p:52-58
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    1. Kyung-nok Chun, 2023. "What do Right-to-Work Laws do to Unions? Evidence from Six Recently-Enacted RTW Laws," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 44(1), pages 94-144, June.
    2. Budd, John W & Na, In-Gang, 2000. "The Union Membership Wage Premium for Employees Covered by Collective Bargaining Agreements," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 18(4), pages 783-807, October.
    3. Peter Haynes & Peter Holland & Amanda Pyman & Julian Teicher, 2008. "Free-Riding in Australia," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 29(1), pages 7-34, February.

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