I review the recent literature on the determinants and effects of right-to-work (RTW) laws. The
focus is primarily on the econometric studies published since the early 1980s. Five major …

Publicizing firms' socially undesirable actions may enhance firms' incentives to avoid such
actions. In 2009, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began issuing …

This paper reexamines the empirical basis for two" facts" that seem to be found in most cross-
section studies of immigrant earnings:(1) the earnings of immigrants grow rapidly as they …

This paper provides new evidence that state policies play a role in the location of industry.
The paper classifies a state as probusiness if it has a right-to-work law and antibusiness if it …

This paper uses two complementary approaches to estimate the effect of right-to-work (RTW)
laws on wages and unionization rates. The first approach uses an event study design to …

Widespread public-sector unionism emerged only in the 1960s, as individual states opened
the door to collective bargaining for state and municipal workers. In this study, the author …

In 2018, the US Supreme Court adopted a “right-to-work”(RTW) legal regime for the entire
government workforce (Janus v. AFSCME). While many predict lower union membership …

Antiunion right to work (RTW) laws are a distinctive legacy of (trans) formative struggles
around the industrial-relations settlement in the United States, and an enduring symbol of its …

Methods| Labor unions represent a bargaining unit—employees with common interests and
work responsibilities—against a specific employer, which may include more than 1 hospital …

Abstract Right-to-work (RTW) laws prohibit union security agreements in many US states,
and are frequently portrayed as a mortal threat to unionism in the country. This paper sheds …