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Unionism and Income An analysis of the Right to work laws on wage dispersion in the United States

Palmgren, Karl LU (2023) NEKN01 20231
Department of Economics
Abstract
In this thesis, I investigate the effect of introducing Right-to-work laws on wages and the dispersion of wages in the United States, using a staggered Difference in Difference model pioneered by Callaway & Sant’Anna (2021) on wages and individual wage quantiles.
Introducing Right-to-work laws appear to have a generally positive effect on wages and wage dispersion for all wages. The effects are heterogeneous by state and gender, however, most of the significant values for the lower wage levels appear to be increasing. There might be several plausible explanations for the effects observed, however, the notion that Right-to-work laws lower the threat effect significantly, or that this effect has a large and broad influence, is not observed.
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author
Palmgren, Karl LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKN01 20231
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Right-to-work, Right to work, wage dispersion, Difference in Difference
language
English
id
9133075
date added to LUP
2023-09-12 15:37:40
date last changed
2023-09-12 15:37:40
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  abstract     = {{In this thesis, I investigate the effect of introducing Right-to-work laws on wages and the dispersion of wages in the United States, using a staggered Difference in Difference model pioneered by Callaway & Sant’Anna (2021) on wages and individual wage quantiles.
Introducing Right-to-work laws appear to have a generally positive effect on wages and wage dispersion for all wages. The effects are heterogeneous by state and gender, however, most of the significant values for the lower wage levels appear to be increasing. There might be several plausible explanations for the effects observed, however, the notion that Right-to-work laws lower the threat effect significantly, or that this effect has a large and broad influence, is not observed.}},
  author       = {{Palmgren, Karl}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Unionism and Income An analysis of the Right to work laws on wage dispersion in the United States}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}