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What Do Unions Do to Productivity? A Meta-Analysis

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  • Chris (hristos) Doucouliagos

    (Deakin University [Burwood])

  • Patrice Laroche

    (CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises - UL - Université de Lorraine)

Abstract

The impact of unions on productivity is explored using meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis. It is shown that most of the variation in published results is due to specification differences between studies. After controlling for differences between studies, a negative association between unions and productivity is established for the United Kingdom, whereas a positive association is established for the United States in general and for U.S. manufacturing.

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  • Chris (hristos) Doucouliagos & Patrice Laroche, 2003. "What Do Unions Do to Productivity? A Meta-Analysis," Post-Print hal-02138194, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02138194
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-232X.00310
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    JEL classification:

    • A00 - General Economics and Teaching - - General - - - General
    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • Z00 - Other Special Topics - - General - - - General
    • J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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