Abstract
We investigate to what extent workplace unionization protects workers from external shocks by preventing involuntary job separations. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a plausibly exogenous shock hitting the whole economy, we compare workers who worked in unionized and non-unionized workplaces directly before the pandemic in a difference-in-differences framework. We find that unionized workers were substantially more likely to remain working for their pre-COVID employer and to be in employment. This greater employment stability was not traded off against lower working hours or labor income.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Industrial Relations |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 152-171 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISSN | 0019-8676 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 04.2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023 The Authors. Industrial Relations published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Regents of the University of California (RUC).
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Research areas and keywords
- Economics
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Industrial relations
- Management of Technology and Innovation
- Strategy and Management
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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