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Unions and the Labor Market Status of White and Minority Youth

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  • Harry J. Holzer

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This paper presents data showing that unions have a very substantial effect on the wages of young union workers, particularly young blacks, but that they also have a negative effect on the wages of young blacks who are not unionized. The effects of unions on employment are negative for both groups and especially for blacks. In addition, the data indicate that young blacks within the labor force have union membership rates that are roughly comparable to those of young whites, but rates for young blacks are lower after accounting for differences in the rate of labor-force participation of young blacks and whites. Young blacks also continue to be underrepresented in strongly unionized crafts and in the construction industry, while being overrepresented in the weakly organized and low-wage service sector. These results suggest the need to improve further the access of blacks to unionized employment.

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  • Harry J. Holzer, 1982. "Unions and the Labor Market Status of White and Minority Youth," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 35(3), pages 392-405, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:35:y:1982:i:3:p:392-405
    DOI: 10.1177/001979398203500308
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    2. Ahn, Tom & Arcidiacono, Peter, 2004. "Paying to queue: a theory of locational differences in nonunion wages," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 55(3), pages 565-579, May.
    3. Macpherson, David A. & Hirsch, Barry, 2021. "Five Decades of Union Wages, Nonunion Wages, and Union Wage Gaps at Unionstats.com," IZA Discussion Papers 14398, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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