The Effect of Blue Collar Unions on White Collar Wages and Fringes

摘要

The study attempts to estimate the extent to which the presence of unions representing blue collar workers in an establishment results in an increase in the wages and fringes of white collar workers in that establishment. Such 'spillover' effects are of interest because they are a potential new influence on the white collar wage determination process, and because under certain circumstances they imply a larger impact of blue collar unions on the overall rate of wage increase.