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Union Contracts and Money Wage Changes in U. S. Manufacturing Industries

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This paper analyzes the relationship between wage changes negotiated in selected large collective bargaining agreements and industry-wide changes in average hourly earnings. Multiple regressions are used to examine the relationship in two-digit manufacturing industries for the period 1958II to 1978IL Negotiated wage changes are found to have a major impact on overall movements in hourly earnings. The estimated equations have potential applications for short-run wage forecasting and for policy analyses.

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  • Wayne Vroman, 1982. "Union Contracts and Money Wage Changes in U. S. Manufacturing Industries," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 97(4), pages 571-594.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:97:y:1982:i:4:p:571-594.
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    1. Lee, David R., 1987. "Labor Market Dynamics in the U.S. Food Sector," Working Papers 115799, Regional Research Project NE-165 Private Strategies, Public Policies, and Food System Performance.
    2. Card, David, 1988. "Longitudinal Analysis of Strike Activity," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 6(2), pages 147-176, April.
    3. John M. Abowd & Thomas Lemieux, 1991. "The Effects of International Competition on Collective Bargaining Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada," NBER Chapters, in: Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market, pages 343-367, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Telegdy, Álmos, 2013. "The Effect of Public Wages on Corporate Compensation in Hungary," IZA Discussion Papers 7524, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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