Working Paper: NBER ID: w1649
Authors: Steven G. Allen
Abstract: This paper examines the effect of unions on productivity within a sample of publicly and privately owned hospitals and nursing homes to determine whether public ownership influences union behavior. The results show that the productivity of union contractors is much greater in private than in public projects. Within the sample of private projects, the estimates of the union-nonunion productivity difference are generally positive but very imprecise.
Keywords: unionism; productivity; public ownership; private ownership; hospitals; nursing homes
JEL Codes: J51; L32
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Union status (J51) | Productivity in privately owned hospitals (H42) |
| Union status (J51) | Productivity in publicly owned hospitals (L32) |
| Ownership type (R21) | Productivity of union contractors (J51) |
| Union status (J51) | Productivity difference between union and nonunion contractors (J51) |
| Ownership type (R21) | Union productivity effects (O49) |