• Medientyp: E-Book; Bericht
  • Titel: What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data?
  • Beteiligte: Polachek, Solomon W. [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2003
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Schlagwörter: union density ; F16 ; Branchenentwicklung ; Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad ; Schätzung ; unions ; J5 ; international relations ; Welt ; Drei-Sektoren-Hypothese ; Strukturwandel ; Vereinigte Staaten ; manufacturing growth ; J4
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  • Beschreibung: 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.
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