unionization rates. The first approach uses an event study design to analyze the impact of the adoption of RTW laws in five U … laws on industries with high unionization rates relative to industries with low unionization rates. Both approaches … indicate that RTW laws lower wages and unionization rates. Under the assumption that RTW laws only affect wages by lowering the …

government policy. Reflecting this reality, increasing research focuses on the political origins of inequality in the U … contributing to inequality. Using a variety of panel designs, I find little evidence that RTW laws have been major cause of growing … income inequality, pointing to the importance of grounding theoretical arguments about the interrelationships between states …