THE EFFECTS OF LABOR UNIONS ON EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, AND DAYS OF OPERATION - COAL-MINING IN WEST-VIRGINIA

被引：16

作者：

BOAL, WM ^{[1
]}

PENCAVEL, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] STANFORD UNIV,STANFORD,CA 94305

来源：

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS | 1994年 / 109卷 / 01期

关键词：

D O I：

10.2307/2118435

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We present a framework for measuring the joint impact of labor unions on wages, employment, and days of work. Our particular application uses county level observations to measure the impact of unionism in West Virginia coal mining from 1897 to 1938. The widespread belief is that union-nonunion wage differentials in coal mining during this period were of the order of 50 percent or more. Our estimates are substantially less. We measure negligible differences in union-nonunion employment, while, in the 1920s, operating days in unionized mines were about 25 percent below those in nonunion mines.

引用

页码：267 / 298

页数：32

共 19 条

[1]

ARCHIBALD H, 1922, 4 HOUR DAY COAL

[2]

Bituminous Operators' Special Committee, 1923, COMP EFF LAB BIT COA

[3] UNIONISM AND PRODUCTIVITY IN WEST-VIRGINIA COAL-MINING [J].

BOAL, WM .

INDUSTRIAL & LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW, 1990, 43 (04) :390-405

[4]

BOAL WM, 1992, 9005 OH STAT U DEP E

[5]

BOAL WM, 1993, IN PRESS LABOR HIST

[6]

Corbin DA., 1981, LIFE WORK REBELLION

[7]

Dix Keith, 1988, WHATS COAL MINER DO

[8] Wages in the Coal Industry As Compared with Wages in Other Industries With Special Reference to the Anthracite Situation [J].

Drury, Horace B. .

ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, 1924, 111 :314-343

[9]

EMMET B, 1924, BUREAU LABOR STATIST, V361

[10]

Fishback PV., 1992, SOFT COAL HARD CHOIC

← 1 2 →