What Do Unions Do to Productivity? A Meta-Analysis

The impact of unions on productivity is explored using meta‐analysis and meta‐regression analysis. It is shown that most of the variation in published results is due to specification differences between studies. After controlling for differences between studies, a negative association between unions...

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Published inIndustrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 650 - 691
Main Authors Doucouliagos, Christos, Laroche, Patrice
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2003
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Subjects
Business administration
Economics
Economics and Finance
Humanities and Social Sciences
Industrial relations
Labor unions
Meta-analysis
Productivity
Productivity measurement
Regression analysis
Sociology of work
Studies
Trade unions
U.S.A
Unionism
United Kingdom
Workers' rights
United States > US
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Summary:The impact of unions on productivity is explored using meta‐analysis and meta‐regression analysis. It is shown that most of the variation in published results is due to specification differences between studies. After controlling for differences between studies, a negative association between unions and productivity is established for the United Kingdom, whereas a positive association is established for the United States in general and for U.S. manufacturing.
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The authors’ affiliations are, respectively, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, and Institut d’Administration des Entreprises, University of Nancy, Nancy, France. E‐mail
douc@deakin.edu.au
patrice.laroche@univ‐nancy2.fr.
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ISSN:0019-8676
1468-232X
DOI:10.1111/1468-232X.00310