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A simultaneous-equations model of the relationship between public sector bargaining legislation and unionization

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This paper estimates a simultaneous-equations model with public sector bargaining laws and union membership treated as jointly-determined variables. The extent of public sector unionization has a significant positive influence on the passage of prolabor bargaining legislation and bargaining legislation has strong, independent effects on the extent of public sector unionization.

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  1. University of Southwestern Louisiana, 70502, Lafayette, LA

    Melissa S. Waters

  2. Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, LA

    R. Carter Hill, William J. Moore & Robert J. Newman

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We gratefully acknowledge the research support provided by Minbo Kim and Parisun Chantonahom.

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Waters, M.S., Hill, R.C., Moore, W.J. et al. A simultaneous-equations model of the relationship between public sector bargaining legislation and unionization. Journal of Labor Research 15, 355–372 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02685703

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