The Decline of Us Labor Unions and the Role of Trade

by Robert E. Baldwin and Robert Baldwin

Book Overview

Between 1977 and 1997, there was a precipitous decline in the proportion of US workers with median education (12 years or less) who were represented by a labor union--from 29 to 14 percent; the unionization proportion declined much less among workers with above-median education (19 to 13 percent). The union wage premium also declined for workers with basic education, from 58 to 51 percent, whereas it rose slightly for better-educated unionists,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881323411
• ISBN13: 9780881323412
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher