How Right-to-Work Laws Affect Wages

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University of Canterbury. Economics.
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2003
Authors
Reed, W.R.
Abstract

The author examines the wage effects of Right-To-Work (RTW). Using state-level data, he estimates that, ceteris paribus, RTW states have average wages that are significantly higher than non-RTW states. This result is robust is across a wide variety of specifications. An important distinctive of this study is that it controls for state economic conditions at the time states adopted RTW. States that adopted RTW were generally poorer than other states. Failure to control for these initial conditions may be the reason that previous studies have not identified a positive wage impact for RTW.

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Reed, W.R. (2003) How Right-to-Work Laws Affect Wages. Journal of Labor Research, 24(4), pp. 713-730.
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