Abstract
Studies that measure the impacts of collective bargaining on the salary of faculty in two-year colleges are limited. Most
studies of faculty unions have used data that combine faculty in both two-year and four-year institutions. Recent work has
demonstrated that past estimates of the impacts of unions on full-time faculty salaries in higher education suffer from multiple
data, methodological, and statistical problems. This paper addresses these deficiencies, and the results support the claim
that collective bargaining increases faculty salaries in two-year institutions, though by less than previously documented.
studies of faculty unions have used data that combine faculty in both two-year and four-year institutions. Recent work has
demonstrated that past estimates of the impacts of unions on full-time faculty salaries in higher education suffer from multiple
data, methodological, and statistical problems. This paper addresses these deficiencies, and the results support the claim
that collective bargaining increases faculty salaries in two-year institutions, though by less than previously documented.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-14
- DOI 10.1007/s12122-011-9128-3
- Authors
- Steven E. Henson, Department of Economics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA
- John M. Krieg, Department of Economics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA
- Charles S. Wassell, Department of Economics, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, USA
- David W. Hedrick, Department of Economics, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, USA
- Journal Journal of Labor Research
- Online ISSN 1936-4768
- Print ISSN 0195-3613