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Do unions impact efficiency?: Evidence from the u.s. manufacturing sector

Issued Date

2011-07-01

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Article

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14657287
10743529

DOI

10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00228.x

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2-s2.0-79959550133

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Mahidol University

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Bibliographic Citation

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

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Pandej Chintrakarn, Yi Yi Chen Do unions impact efficiency?: Evidence from the u.s. manufacturing sector. Contemporary Economic Policy. Vol.29, No.3 (2011), 431-440. doi:10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00228.x Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/11656

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Do unions impact efficiency?: Evidence from the u.s. manufacturing sector

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Pandej Chintrakarn
 Yi Yi Chen

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Mahidol University
 Tamkang University

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) © 2010 Western Economic Association International.

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Business, Management and Accounting
 Economics, Econometrics and Finance
 Social Sciences

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