Analysis of Current Population Survey data for 1973-86 found that, although the aggregate union wage premium has changed little since 1973, some industry-specific premiums have risen substantially. Industries with rising premiums are those experiencing declines in union employment shares. (Author/SK)

This study employs the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) survey methodology to estimate unemployment in the Youngstown/Warren Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) in June 1984. When the resulting estimates are compared with those obtained using the BLS's local survey methodology, it is found that the BLS estimates significantly understate…

Updates a 1976 article explaining the stability of hours of work per week in the U.S. since World War II. It introduces a revised series of the ratio of female to male wages over time. In a reply to this article, Kniesner presents estimates which support his 1976 conclusions. (CT)

The probable effects on the U.S. labor market of a continued high rate of illegal immigration are examined. The impact each additional immigrant has on the employment of the domestic population, on GNP, and on the distribution of income is estimated. (CT)

To investigate whether unions have helped or hindered the employment prospects of minorities and women, the author analyzes data on 1,273 California manufacturing plants for the period 1974-80. The main finding is that, with the exception of Hispanic females, unions have not been a significant impediment to minority or female blue-collar…

Analysis of data for 1969 and 1973 show that employment patterns of black college faculty members have been significantly changed, mostly through affirmative action programs, and that black male faculty, for the periods analyzed, received more job offers and higher salaries than comparable white faculty. (MF)

Reports a study of alternative theories of sex discrimination which imply ambiguous predictions about the relation between the male/female earnings ratio and the status and sex composition of the occupation. Notes that about one-half of the earnings gap between the sexes can be attributed to direct discrimination in the labor market, with…

The study presents new estimates of two measures of unionism in the United States, the percentage of private sector workers covered by union agreements, and the percentage who are union members. These figures are compared with each other and with previous estimates, showing a decline in private sector unionism. (MF)