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Volume 19, Issue 1-2
1 January 1998
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Review Article| January 01 1998

MONOPOLY POWER VS. PRODUCTIVITY EFFECTS OF UNION MEMBERSHIP Available to Purchase

Nancy O. Cromwell;
Nancy O. Cromwell
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688
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Janet C. Hunt‐McCool
Janet C. Hunt‐McCool
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1755-6791
Print ISSN: 1086-7376
© MCB UP Limited
1998
Studies in Economics and Finance (1998) 19 (1-2): 25–48.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028751

We test two alternative hypotheses concerning the impact of union membership on the reemployment earnings of displaced workers and find support for the hypothesis that unions exert monopoly power in setting wages rather than providing any direct productivity enhancements. This effect holds in both the short run and over time.

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