What Do Unions Do to Productivity? A Meta-Analysis

• Published in: Industrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 650 - 691
• Main Authors: Doucouliagos, Christos, Laroche, Patrice
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2003; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• 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

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...