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Can We Identify Union Productivity Effects?

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  • Addison, John T.
  • Chilton, John B.

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Contrary to recent criticism, the standard production function test can, in principle, reveal whether or not unionized workers or firms are more productive than their nonunion counterparts. In the long run, however, the forces of competition foreordain the result.

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  • Addison, John T. & Chilton, John B., 1993. "Can We Identify Union Productivity Effects?," MPRA Paper 83134, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    unions; productivity;

    JEL classification:

    • J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects

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