Is There Really a Faculty Union Salary Premium?

Authors

David W. Hedrick, Central Washington UniversityFollow
John M. Krieg, Western Washington University Follow
Steven E. Henson, Western Washington University
Charles S. Wassell Jr, Central Washington UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Economics

Publication Date

4-2011

Abstract

Studies of the effects of unions on collegiate faculty salaries are inconclusive. Some estimate a significant union premium, but such estimates suffer from endogeneity between unions and wages, non-random measurement error, and failure to adjust for local cost-of-living differences. By using data from the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF, 1988–2004) as well as other sources to identify institution-specific factors omitted from previous studies, the authors estimate significantly smaller union premia than those found by other researchers.

Comments

This article was originally published in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Recommended Citation

Hedrick, D.W., Henson, S.E., Krieg, J.M. & Wassel, C.S. (2011). Is there really a faculty union salary premium? ILR Review 64(3), 558-575. DOI: 10.1177/001979391106400307

Journal

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

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