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CREATED:20251007T142335
SUMMARY:Lorenzo Lagos - Brown University
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\nWhat Do (Thousands of) Union Do? Union-Specific Pay Premia&nb
 sp;and Inequality (with Ellora Derenoncourt, François Gerard, and Clai
 re Montialoux). August 2025. [Online appendix]\n\n\nAbstract:&nbs
 p;We study the role of union heterogeneity in shaping wages and inequality 
 among unionized workers. Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil an
 d job moves across multi-firm unions, we estimate over 4,800 union-specific
  pay premia. Unions explain 3–4% of earnings variation. While unions raise 
 wages on average, the standard deviation in union effects is large (6-7%). 
 Validating our approach, wages fall in markets with higher vs. lower union 
 premia following a nationwide right-to-work law. Linking premia to detailed
  data on union attributes, we find that unions with strike activity, collec
 tive bargaining agreements, internal competition, and skilled leaders secur
 e higher wages. High-premium unions compress wage gaps by education while t
 he average union exacerbates them. Post right-to-work, however, worker supp
 ort for high-premium unions falls when between-group bargaining differentia
 ls are large. Our findings show that unions are not a monolith—their struct
 ure and actions shape their wage effects and, consequently, worker support.
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