When Public Sector Workers Unionize

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Index
Introduction: The Public Sector Look of American Unionism
Richard B. Freeman and Casey Ichniowski
I. The Role of Public Sector Labor Law
1. Public Sector Union Growth and Bargaining Laws: A Proportional Hazards Approach with Time-Varying Treatments
Casey Ichniowski
Comment: John M. Abowd
2. Public Sector Bargaining Laws Really Matter: Evidence from Ohio and Illinois
Gregory M. Saltzman
Comment: William T. Dickens
3. The Effects of Public Sector Labor Laws on Labor Market Institutions and Outcomes
Richard B. Freeman and Robert G. Valletta
Comment: Harvey S. Rosen
4. Arbitrator Behavior in Public Sector Wage Disputes
David E. Bloom
Comment: Morris A. Horowitz
5. The Evolution of Public Sector Bargaining Laws
Henry S. Farber
II. The Effects of Public Sector Bargaining on Wages
6. Union/Nonunion Wage Gaps in the Public Sector
H. Gregg Lewis
Comment: Zvi Griliches
7. Employer Size, Pay, and the Ability to Pay in the Public Sector
Charles C. Brown and James L. Medoff
Comment: Daniel S. Hamermesh
8. Are Public Sector Workers Paid More than their Alternative Wage? Evidence from Longitudinal Data and Job Queues
Alan B. Krueger
Comment: Lisa M. Lynch
III. Effects on Nonwage Outcomes
9. On Estimating the Effects of Increased Aid to Education
Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Richard P. Chaykowski
Comment: Richard J. Murnane
10. Unions and Job Security in the Public Sector
Steven G. Allen
Comment: Joseph G. Altonji
11. Unionism and Licensing of Public School Teachers: Impact on Wages and Educational Output
Morris M. Kleiner and Daniel J. Petree
Comment: Randall W. Eberts and Joe A. Stone
12. The Effects of Public Sector Unionism on Pay, Employment, Department Budgets, and Municipal Expenditures
Jeffrey Zax and Casey Ichniowski
Comment: Harry J. Holzer
Appendix A. Collective Organization of Labor in the Public Sector
Richard B. Freeman, Casey Ichniowski, and Jeffrey Zax
Appendix B. The NBER Public Sector Collective Bargaining Law Data Set
Robert G. Valletta and Richard B. Freeman
List of Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index