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How unions affect minority representation in building trades apprenticeship programs

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Bilginsoy, Cihan
Journal of Labor Research
Journal · Vol. 26 · Issue 3 · pp. 451-463
Abstract

I use program-level data to compare the relative representation of blacks and Latinos in the construction industry apprenticeship programs organized with and without trade union participation. Econometric analysis shows that there are significant differences between the black and Latino experiences. The black share is higher in union-management joint programs, but the Latino share appears to be higher in the unilateral employer programs. Although both groups have lower representation in the higher status (electrical and mechanical) and higher paying occupations, the Latino share is more sensitive to earnings.

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The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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University of Utah
*1 thank an anonymous referee for comments. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 54th IRRA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, on January 2002. This work was supported by a University of Utah Faculty Fellow Leave, and completed while I was visiting professor at the College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koq University,I stanbul.
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