caa a22 4500 467994145 CHVBK 20180323112553.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00401627 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00401627 Union-nonunion compensation differentials across plant sizes: Evidence from CPS 1983 [Elektronische Daten] [Albert Okunade, Phanindra Wunnava, Michael Robinson] Previous empirical work on the relationship between plant size and union-nonunion differentials has focused either on wages (Podgursky, 1986) or benefits (Bramley, Wunnava, and Robinson, 1989; Freeman, 1981). This note extends this research by simultaneously focusing on both wages and benefits. There are several arguments that can be made in explaining union-nonunion differentials across plant sizes: (1) union threat effects, (2) efficiency wage effects, and (3) wage dispersion effects. Our study focuses on measuring the union-nonunion differential in total compensation. For this end, estimates of total compensation are obtained using Mellow's suggestion (1982) for combining hourly wage information with qualitative data on pensions and health insurance, and Ross's imputations (1989) for holidays and vacations benefits. Our results, based on the May 1983 CPS supplemented by BLS data on pensions, health insurance, holidays, and vacation benefits indicate significant union-nonunion total compensation differentials exist only for workers in establishments with less than 500 workers. These results are consistent with Podgursky's wage differential findings. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Okunade Albert Department of Economics, Memphis State University, 38152, Memphis, TN, USA aut Wunnava Phanindra Department of Economics, Memphis State University, 38152, Memphis, TN, USA aut Robinson Michael Department of Economics, Memphis State University, 38152, Memphis, TN, USA aut Small Business Economics Kluwer Academic Publishers 2/4(1990-12-01), 313-317 0921-898X 2:4<313 1990 2 11187 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401627 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401627 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Okunade Albert Department of Economics, Memphis State University, 38152, Memphis, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wunnava Phanindra Department of Economics, Memphis State University, 38152, Memphis, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robinson Michael Department of Economics, Memphis State University, 38152, Memphis, TN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Small Business Economics Kluwer Academic Publishers 2/4(1990-12-01), 313-317 0921-898X 2:4<313 1990 2 11187 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer