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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/7565
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dc.contributor.advisorKuhn, Peteren_US
dc.contributor.advisorBurbidge, J.B.en_US
dc.contributor.advisorVeall, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Susanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-18T16:39:43Z-
dc.date.available2014-06-18T16:39:43Z-
dc.date.created2010-07-22en_US
dc.date.issued2001en_US
dc.identifier.otheropendissertations/2834en_US
dc.identifier.other3742en_US
dc.identifier.other1405348en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/7565-
dc.description.abstract<p>This thesis consists of five essays in the discipline of labour economics. The first essay uses cross-section time series analysis to estimate the impact of mandatory votes and card check on union certification success. The second examines the behaviour of Canadian union density from 1980 to 1998 and uses projections to look at the future of the Canadian union movement. The third investigates the decline of private sector U.S. union density from 1983 to 1999. The fourth essay considers the impact of three factors on the Canada-U.S. union density gap from 1980 to 1999: the difference in overall economic performance between the U.S. and Canada; structural change; and union recognition procedures. The fifth essay describes the behaviour of earnings per week, wages per hour and hours per week of prime-aged males by skill-group (identified by earnings quintile) in the U.S. and Canada from 1981 to 1997. This essay also provides evidence on relative downward wage rigidity in Canada.</p>en_US
dc.subjectLabor Economicsen_US
dc.subjectLabor Economicsen_US
dc.titleFive essays on unionization and labour markets in Canada and the United Statesen_US
dc.typethesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEconomics / Economic Policyen_US
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)en_US
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