TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Sojourner, Aaron
AU  - Yang, Jooyoung
        TI  - Effects of Unionization on Workplace-Safety Enforcement: Regression-Discontinuity Evidence
        PY  - 2015/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9610
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9610
        AB  - We study how union certification affects the enforcement of workplace-safety laws. To generate credible causal estimates, a regression discontinuity design compares outcomes in establishments where unions barely won representation elections to outcomes in establishments where union barely lost such elections. The study combines two main datasets: the census of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) representation elections and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) enforcement database since 1985. There is evidence of positive effects of union certification on establishment's rate of OSHA inspection, the share of inspections carried out in the presence of a labor representative, violations cited, and penalties assessed.
        KW  - effects
KW  - union(s)
KW  - OSHA inspections
KW  - workplace accidents
KW  - labor market institutions
        ER  -