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“Union choices affect wages.” This sentence does not mean the same as “Unions raise wages.” It is well known that union membership raises wages. There is now a very large econometric literature on this topic using a wide variety of analytic methodologies and controls, all of which show a positive union wage effect, although the size differs from one study to another (xcLewis 1963); (xcParsley 1980); (xcFreeman and Medoff 1984); (xcRosen 1969); (xcMishel 1986); (xcPodgursky 1986).
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(1993). Union Choices Affect Wages. In: When Strikes Make Sense—And Why?. Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-34588-8_1
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