Does Right-To-Work Work? Open Access
Varadi, Kimberly Anne (2015)
Abstract
Using data from the 2013 American Community Survey, this paper examines the impact of right- to-work (RTW) constitutional amendments and statutes on the wages and employment of 1) those most susceptible to poverty: African Americans, Hispanics, and single mothers and 2) the two most unionized private sector industries: the utilities industry and transportation and warehousing industry. It also considers the policy's effect on state unemployment levels. For all demographic groups and industries considered, there is a statistically significant lower wage for employees in RTW states than in non-RTW states and statistically significant lower odds of employment for Hispanic and utilities workers. These findings hold true regardless of an individual's education level, work experience, hours worked per year, regional location, state unemployment rate, and state poverty rate. At the state level, right-to-work legislation had a statistically significant impact on reducing state unemployment rates in 2013, with the most decrease in unemployment in states with a RTW constitutional amendment.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Contributions 8
Literature Review 9
Theoretical Framework 14
Data and Empirical Strategy 18
Results 26
Discussion 30
Limitations 31
Conclusion 32
References 33
Appendix. 39
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