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The Intra-Unit Wage Structure and Unions: A Median Voter Model

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  • Michael D. White

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This study adopts the median voter model to analyze the influence of unions on wage structures within collective bargaining units. The model predicts that the intra-unit wage structure will be changed to increase the share of the total wage bill received by the median members of the bargaining unit. This prediction is examined through a case study of a collective bargaining unit, the faculty of the state university system in Minnesota. The changes in the wage structure of the unit proposed by the union and those ultimately implemented are both consistent with the median voter model.

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  • Michael D. White, 1982. "The Intra-Unit Wage Structure and Unions: A Median Voter Model," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 35(4), pages 565-577, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:35:y:1982:i:4:p:565-577
    DOI: 10.1177/001979398203500408
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    1. White, Michael D, 1986. "Self-interest Redistribution and the National Football League Players Association," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 24(4), pages 669-680, October.
    2. Dan Black & Darrell Parker, 1986. "Unions, seniority, and public choice," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 7(4), pages 337-348, September.
    3. Föll, Tobias & Hartmann, Anna, 2019. "A Joint Theory of Polarization and Deunionization," VfS Annual Conference 2019 (Leipzig): 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Democracy and Market Economy 203558, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    4. J. Richard Hill & Peter A. Groothuis, 2001. "The New NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Median Voter Model, and a Robin Hood Rent Redistribution," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 2(2), pages 131-144, May.

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