Open AccessSymposium on Public and Private Unionization
Author(s) -
Edward P. Lazear
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
the journal of economic perspectives/the journal of economic perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 9.614
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1944-7965
pISSN - 0895-3309
DOI - 10.1257/jep.2.2.59
Subject(s) - private sector , welfare , public sector , work (physics) , economics , labour economics , public economics , business , law and economics , market economy , economic growth , economy , engineering , mechanical engineering
Understanding the source of the decline of private sector unions and concomitant rise of public sectors unions is essential. Without that knowledge, the welfare effects of the changes cannot be ascertained. The two essays that follow take us a long way down the road toward that understanding.