Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 2 No. 1 1984
Longitudinal Analyses of the Effects of Trade Unions
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Abstract
This paper examines how measurement error biases longitudinal estimates of union effects. It develops numerical examples, statistical models, and econometric estimates which indicate that measurement error is a major problem in longitudinal data sets, so that longitudinal analyses do not provide the research panacea for determining the effects of unionism (or other economic forces) some have suggested. There are three major findings:
- DOI
- 10.1086/298021
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-26
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref