TY  - GEN
N2  - Most empirical studies have estimated a positive union-nonunion ?injury gap,? suggesting that unionized workers are more  likely to have  a nonfatal  occupational injury than their nonunion counterparts. Using individual-level panel data for the first time, I study several explanations for this puzzling result. I find that controlling for  time-invariant individual fixed effects already reduces the gap by around 40%. Some of the explanations that I study contribute in reducing this gap even further. I, however, do not find evidence of the gap becoming negative and the impact of unions on nonfatal injuries appears to be insignificant at best. 
UR  - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/15959/
T3  - Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
A1  - Donado, Alejandro
ID  - heidok15959
EP  - 43
AV  - public
KW  - labor unions
KW  -  occupational health and safety
KW  -  working conditions
KW  -  panel data 
Y1  - 2013/12//
TI  - Why Do Unionized Workers Have More Nonfatal Occupational Injuries? 
ER  -