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Title: Male-Female Differences in the Potential for Union Growth Outside Traditionally Unionized Industries
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Leigh, Duane E. Hills, Stephen M. |
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Male-Female Differences in the Potential for Union Growth Outside Traditionally Unionized Industries Journal of Labor Research 8,2 (June 1987): 131-142. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/4k3n44336u171572/ Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: John M. Olin Institute at George Mason University Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Private Sector; Public Sector; Unions Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using recent NLS data on preferences for union representation, this paper examines whether differences by sex exist in the potential for union organizing outside of traditionally unionized industries. The methodology used distinguishes between workers' preferences for union representation and the relative supply of union jobs in explaining interindustry differences in the extent of unionization. Within the private sector, women employed in industries other than traditionally unionized industries are found to have at least as strong a preference for unionization as comparable men, but a considerably lower opportunity for unionized employment given the desire for union representation. Comparing the public sector with traditionally organized industries, the greater extent of unionization in the public sector is largely explained by a stronger desire for union representation on the part of both male and female public sector employees. |
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Leigh, Duane E. and Stephen M. Hills. "Male-Female Differences in the Potential for Union Growth Outside Traditionally Unionized Industries." Journal of Labor Research 8,2 (June 1987): 131-142.
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