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Specific training, unions, and the relationship between employer size and wages
In this paper I demonstrate that the explanatory power of employer size variables in nonunion wage regressions is diminished by allowing the coefficient of tenure (years on current job) to vary with employer size. Among nonunion workers, average tenure and the coefficient of tenure increase with both firm size and plant size. This pattern is consistent with the hypothesis that investment in specific human capita1 accounts for much of the previously unexplained relationship between employer size and nonunion wages . The relationships between compensation tenure, and employer size are different ...
Working Paper
Unionism and the cyclical behavior of the labor market in U.S. manufacturing
Revision of 80-03
Working Paper
Trade unionism, implicit contracting, and the response to demand variation in U.S. manufacturing
Revised by 80-05
Journal Article
Enforcing sanctions against employers of illegal aliens