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Do Unions impact efficiency?: evidence from the U.S. manufacturing sector.

Issued Date

2011

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eng

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Mahidol University

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Wiley

Bibliographic Citation

Contemporary Economic Policy. Vol. 29, No. 3 (2011), 431-440

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Pandej Chintrakarn, Chen, Y.-Y. Do Unions impact efficiency?: evidence from the U.S. manufacturing sector.. Contemporary Economic Policy. Vol. 29, No. 3 (2011), 431-440. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/10485

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Do Unions impact efficiency?: evidence from the U.S. manufacturing sector.

Author(s)

Pandej Chintrakarn
 Chen, Y.-Y.

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of labor unions on productivity and technical inefficiency of the U.S. manufacturing sector, using state-level panel data on 48 states from 1983 to 1996. The results indicate that while labor unions reduce firms' technical progress, they improve firm efficiency in utilizing the existing technology. The findings also suggest that the decline of unionization rate in the sample period impaired firms' technical efficiency by 2.4 percentage points. (JEL C33, C51, O51, J51)

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Impact efficiency
 United State
 Manufacturing sector

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https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/10485

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