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April 2013

Differences in union and nonunion compensation, 2001–2011

George I. Long

Union workers continue to receive higher wages than nonunion workers and have greater access to most employer-sponsored employee benefits; during the 2001–2011 period, the differences between union and nonunion benefit cost levels appear to have widened.

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