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201 p. ; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983. ; Much of the previous theoretical and empirical work in the area of compensating and union wage differentials has failed to consider (1) several sources of compensating wage differentials simultaneously and (2) the impact those differentials may have on union/nonunion wage differentials. If jobs which tend to be unionized have particular positive and/or negative characteristics, empirical estimation of union/nonunion differentials which fails to consider these job attributes is subject to potentially serious bias. ; This study builds upon the work of Gregory J. Duncan and Frank P. Stafford (American Economic Review, July, 1980) in testing whether part of a unionized worker's wage premium can be accounted for by compensating wage differentials. Utilizing four years of the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID) and the 1977 Quality of Employment Survey (QES), in association with other data bases, allowed derivation of several variables which may be sources of compensating wage differentials. To calculate work environment indexes which reflect risk of injury and unpleasant work conditions the QES was employed. Generally, it was concluded that union workers do have poorer work environments. The PSID was used to estimate both probabilities and durations of time out of work for temporary and permanent dismissal. As expected, unionized workers had a higher probability of temporary dismissal. Total compensation (wages plus fringe benefits) for 1045 non-whites and 1809 white males in 1977 was estimated by joining of the above variables with traditionally applied variables such as educational attainment, experience, marital status, et cetera. ; Separate union and nonunion estimations for non-whites and whites were performed by a two-stage process which adjusted for selectivity bias. Results from this process supported the theory of compensating differentials for whites. Non-white results, however, tended to refute the theory and may corroborate ... |