The changing size distribution of US trade unions and its description by Pareto's distribution

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The size distribution of trade unions in the United States and changes in this distribution are documented. Because the most profound changes are taking place among very large unions, these are subject to special analysis by invoking Pareto's distribution. This represents a new application of this distribution. Extensions to trade union wealth and to Britain are broached. The role of the public sector in these changes receives particular attention. A simple model helps account both for the logarithmic distribution of union membership and for the contrasting experiences of public and private sector unions since the 1970s.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7232

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
• Subject: trade union membership ; public-sector unions ; Pareto's distribution

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pencavel, John H.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/71634
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET