Estimates of Union Density by State

By Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, W. Vroman. 2001

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Firing Costs and Capital Structure Decisions (2016, unknown): “Data on state union membership are from Hirsch, Macpherson, and Vroman (2001) and are available online at http://www.unionstats.com.”
Does Economic Inequality Depress Electoral Participation? Testing the Schattschneider Hypothesis (2010, unknown): “Source: Hirsch et al. (2001).”
Outsourcing at Will: The Contribution of Unjust Dismissal Doctrine to the Growth of Employment Outsourcing (2003, methodology): “State fraction unionized measures are from Hirsch et al. (2001).”
Democrats, republicans, and taxes: Evidence that political parties matter (2006, background): “A description of how the database was constructed in Hirsch et al. (2001). bcyclesQ become evident in the time series: (i) a sharply rising Tax Burden from 1960–1973, (ii) a sharply falling Tax Burden from 1973–1983, and (iii) a gradually increasing Tax Burden from 1983–2000.12 For that reason, I…”
Changes Over Time in Union Relative Wage Effects in the UK and the Us Revisited (2002, unknown): “30 There is a dissonance between the estimates Lewis offers by way of summary in his introductory chapter and those given in his Table 9.7 which are produced here (Lewis, 1986, p. 9) 31 Lewis (1986) had 35 studies using the CPS, 1970-1979; 16 studies using the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity; 25”
From the Bargaining Table to the Ballot Box: Political Effects of Right to Work Laws (2018, unknown): “The time series is also suggestive: as the share of private-sector workers represented by labor unions has declined (Farber and Western 2000; Hirsch et al. 2001), the electoral and political center has shifted rightward (McCarty et al. 2006; Hacker and Pierson 2010; Mann and Ornstein 2012; Hacker…”