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Union Coverage Differentials. Some Estimates for Britain Using the New Earnings Survey Panel Dataset[Note 1. The authors thank the ESRC (under grant number R000235464) ...]
Author(s) -
Andrews Martyn J.,
Bell David N. F.,
Upward Richard
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
oxford bulletin of economics and statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.131
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0084
pISSN - 0305-9049
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0084.00086
Subject(s) - earnings , econometrics , panel data , economics , panel survey , demographic economics , accounting
This paper reports individual‐level estimates of union/non‐union wage differentials, using coverage information from the New Earnings Survey Panel Dataset. There are no existing panel estimates for the United Kingdom. Of a number of findings, the more important are (i) fixed‐effects estimates are about one‐half the equivalent cross‐section estimates; (ii) the biggest differentials are for ‘company/district/local only’ agreements; and (iii) the differential is counter‐cyclical. Also the effect of the 1979/82 recession was probably dampened by anti‐union legislation, and the upward trend between 1975 and 1995 is due to the decentralization of collective pay bargaining.