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The Determinants of Workers' Union Status: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys*

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  • Duane E. Leigh

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Using data from the 1980 wave of the young men NLS sample, this paper provides estimates of the queue model developed by Farber to explain the process of union status determination. The use of NLS data largely avoids the censoring problem encountered by Farber in estimating his model and permits direct estimation of crucial probabilities associated with the model. Despite important differences between econometric methodologies and the data sets analyzed, the NLS results support Farber's conclusion that queueing for vacancies in existing union jobs is an important labor market phenomenon. In particular, supply constraints on the availability of union jobs are found to dominate worker preferences in explaining differences in extent of unionization by occupation and region but not race.

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  • Duane E. Leigh, 1985. "The Determinants of Workers' Union Status: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 20(4), pages 555-566.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:20:y:1985:i:4:p:555-566
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    1. Madhu Mohanty, 1998. "The role of the desire for union status in the decision to enter local government job queues: the US evidence," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(10), pages 1369-1378.

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  • Farber, Henry S, 1983. "The Determination of the Union Status of Workers," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 51(5), pages 1417-1437, September.

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