The Effect of Unions on Wage Inequality in the U.S. Labor Market

By David Card. 2001

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Public Administration

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How Firms Shape Income Inequality: Stakeholder Power, Executive Decision Making, and the Structuring of Employment Relationships (2015, background): “10 Card (2001) found that 15 to 20 percent of increases in income inequality in the US between”
Generalized Transform Analysis of Affine Processes and Applications in Finance (2012, unknown): “This “Great Divergence” is consistent with a increasingly negative correlation between labor income and dividends and may have been linked to structural changes associated with legal changes and the declining role of labor unions (see, for example, Card (2001)).”
From the Bargaining Table to the Ballot Box: Political Effects of Right to Work Laws (2018, unknown): “According to Card (2001), the decline in unionization among men from 1973 to 1993 explains 15-20% of the increase in male wage inequality.”
Overwork and the Slow Convergence in the Gender Gap in Wages (2014, background): “Most explanations for women’s underrepresentation among overworkers point to women’s greater responsibility for family caregiving (Blair-Loy 2003; Cha 2010, 2013; Clarkberg and Moen 2001; Hochschild and Machung [1989] 2003; Jacobs and Gerson 2004).”
Innocent Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S. (2012, unknown): “…Bound and Johnson 1992), increased global trade (e.g. Feenstra and Hanson 2008) and changes in labor market institutions such as unionization (e.g. Card 2001) have long been the mechanisms which have received the most attention in the literature, while monetary policy is rarely mentioned as a…”
Separate Worlds? Explaining the current wave of regional economic polarization (2018, background): “…income inequality are due to skill-biased technological change, or specific and contingent policy choices that may have magnified the inequality effects of technology and trade on wages and income distribution (Card, 2001; Checchi and Garcia-Penalosa, 2008; Rodrik, 2009; Bagwell and Staiger, 2017).”
The Impact of Monetary Policy on Inequality in the UK. An Empirical Analysis (2017, background): “…advances, changes in the family structure, employment status and occupation, structural reforms in the labour market, globalisation and increased international trade have all contributed to wage and income inequality (see for example Card, 2001; Bound and Johnson, 1992; Feenstra and Hanson, 2008).”
Labor Unions, Political Representation, and Economic Inequality (2017, background): “Constructing a well-specified counterfactual for the union wage premium is a challenge (Card 2001, Card et al. 2004, DiNardo & Lee 2004), not least because employers under threat of unionization might raise wages and benefits just enough to prevent their employees from joining up.”
Product Market Competition, Returns to Skill and Wage Inequality (2005, unknown): “…been put forward for the increase in wage inequality 5 , in particular skill-biased technical change, international trade, organizational change (Caroli and Van Reenen, 2001; Black and Lynch, 2003; Garicano and Rossi-Hansberg, 2003) and changes in unionization (Machin, 1997; Card, 2001).”
The Employment Relationship and Inequality: How and Why Changes in Employment Practices are Reshaping Rewards in Organizations (2013, background): “Much research has explored the relative roles of influences on inequality such as technological change (Autor, Levy, & Murnane, 2003), union decline (Card, 2001), global competition (Freeman, 1995), and financial deregulation (Phillipon & Resheff, 2012).”
The causes of rising wage inequality: the race between institutions and technology (2016, background): “Union density has been in decline in the USA since reaching its peak in the mid-1950s.”
Financialisation and Income Inequality in OECD Nations:1995-2007 (2012, unknown): “Medoff, 1984; Card, 1998, 2001; Card, Lemieux and Riddell, 2004; Metcalf et al., 2001).3 Finally, a nation’s system of wage bargaining can have a clear impact on patterns of income distribution, also.”