Cross-sectional versus panel estimates of union wage effects

1991 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phanindra V. Wunnava ◽  
Albert A. Okunade
Keyword(s):  
Union Wage ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
Panel Estimates

New Estimates of the Effect of Marijuana and Cocaine Use on Wages

ILR Review ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kaestner
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
National Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cocaine Use ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
Positive Effect

Using the 1984 and 1988 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study provides an update of several previous cross-sectional estimates of the effect of illicit drug use on wages, as well as the first longitudinal estimates of that effect. The cross-sectional results, which are generally consistent with the surprising findings of previous research, suggest that illicit drug use has a large, positive effect on wages. The longitudinal estimates, which control for unobserved heterogeneity in the sample, are mixed: among men, the estimated wage effects of both marijuana and cocaine use are negative, but among women, the effect of cocaine use remains positive and large. Because the longitudinal model is imprecisely estimated, however, those results are inconclusive.

scholarly journals The Introduction of Voter Registration and Its Effect on Turnout

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Ansolabehere ◽  
David M. Konisky
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Voter Registration ◽  
Voter Participation ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Registration Laws ◽  
Panel Estimates

Studies of voter turnout across states find that those with more facilitative registration laws have higher turnout rates. Eliminating registration barriers altogether is estimated to raise voter participation rates by up to 10%. This article presents panel estimates of the effects of introducing registration that exploits changes in registration laws and turnout within states. New York and Ohio imposed registration requirements on all of their counties in 1965 and 1977, respectively. We find that the introduction of registration to counties that did not previously require registration decreased participation over the long term by three to five percentage points. Though significant, this is lower than estimates of the effects of registration from cross-sectional studies and suggests that expectations about the effects of registration reforms on turnout may be overstated.

New estimates of union wage effects in the U.S.

2007 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maury Gittleman ◽  
Brooks Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Union Wage ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
The U.S

Union wage effects in Australia: an endogenous switching approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (39) ◽  
pp. 3927-3942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daehoon Nahm ◽  
Michael Dobbie ◽  
Craig MacMillan
Keyword(s):  
Union Wage ◽  
Endogenous Switching ◽  
Wage Effects

The Wage Effect of Compulsory Union Membership

ILR Review ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Christensen ◽  
Dennis Maki
Keyword(s):  
Union Membership ◽  
Union Wage ◽  
Wage Equation ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Wage Effect ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Collective Agreements ◽  
Union Coverage ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
Wage Increases

This study assesses the wage effect of compulsory membership clauses in union contracts. Previous industry-level studies of union wage effects have used contract coverage as the measure of unionization, that is, the proportion of workers in an industry, both members and nonmembers of unions, who are covered by collective agreements. In the wage equation estimated here, union coverage is disaggregated into its membership and covered-nonmember components. Results for a sample of 54 three-digit manufacturing industries indicate that compulsory membership clauses do enable unions to negotiate significantly greater wage increases. Results from a sample of 21 two-digit industries, however, offer less clear-cut evidence of the wage gains to be had from compulsory union membership.

The incidence and wage effects of overeducation using the vertical and horizontal mismatch in skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 536-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Pecoraro
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Measure ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Educational Mismatch ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Skill Utilization ◽  
Worker Heterogeneity ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
Skills Mismatch ◽  
Alternative Measures

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an improved concept of educational mismatch that combines a statistical measure of over- and undereducation with the worker’s self-assessment of skill utilization. The novelty of this measurement approach consists in identifying the vertical and horizontal nature of skills mismatch, that is, a mismatch in which skills are either over/underutilized or not utilized. Design/methodology/approach – Cross-sectional data from the Swiss Household Panel survey for the years 1999 and 2004 are used to determine the true extent of educational mismatch among workers. Moroever, different versions of the Duncan and Hoffman wage equation are estimated depending on whether basic or alternative measures of educational mismatch are included. Findings – The empirical analyses provide the following results: first, at least two-third of the statistically defined overeducated workers perceive their skills as adequate for the job they hold and are then apparently overeducated; second, overeducated workers whose skills are not related to the job do not receive any payoff to years of surplus education; and third, apparently overeducated workers have similar wage returns compared to others with the same schooling level but who are statistically matched. All in all, these findings confirm that most of those overeducated according to the statistical measure have unobserved skills that allow them to work in a job for which they are well-matched. Originality/value – The paper indicates the need to consider both vertical and horizontal skill mismatches when measuring educational mismatch in the labour market. In that way, it is possible to account for worker heterogeneity in skills whose omission may generate biased estimates of the incidence and wage effects of over- and undereducation.

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