Key Findings from Research: Government Data Shows Union Construction Workers More Likely to Receive Job Training than Nonunion

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Scholars adhering to the standard "human capital" model have long argued that union coverage discourages employer investment in job training; others, assuming imperfect labor market competition, have contended that a demonstrable union effect increases investments in job training where collective bargaining institutions exist. Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the author identifies a large union effect is in construction, and a smaller, yet statistically significant, effect in other private-sector industries. Nonetheless, the results are not entirely consistent with either the standard human capital model or models of imperfect competition. See abstract: http://bit.ly/1UD2pLA. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Construction Workers Labor Relations Labor Unions Training
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Nevada ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057891
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2016 Jan; :1
• Email:
  jeffrey.waddoups@unlv.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Key findings from research
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:efbc213f7208693f0c4ae77db96408f74ca3cb3718f7e7b34e8407971ecf2ac2aaa2f406140bb5df18b447361cdcac8bcebe86074de2dcae038cafa79c8030cb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212958/cdc_212958_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 42.75 KB ]