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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20135| Title: | What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data? |
| Keywords: | J4 F16 J5 ddc:330 unions union density manufacturing growth international relations Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad Drei-Sektoren-Hypothese Strukturwandel Branchenentwicklung Schätzung Vereinigte Staaten Welt |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
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| Description: | This paper is composed of two parts. First, using international data, I corroborate that union density in the U.S. declined because of asymmetric growth between the union and nonunion sectors. I show union density to increase in countries experiencing strong manufacturing growth, and to decline in countries undergoing large women?s increases in nonagricultural employment. Second, I borrow from international relations research on war and peace to develop a cogent reason why union density differs by sector. In this vein, I apply a model primarily used to describe bilateral political interactions to figure out why workers often engage in hostile activities such as strikes. In doing so, I look at the contentious rather than the cooperative ?face? of unions. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20135 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20135 ppn:372028845 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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