Public Use Data for Effects of Unionization on Worker and Workplace Safety
| Release Date: | 2015 |
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| Time Period of Data Collection: | 1962-2009 |
| Brief Description: | Administrative data: OSHA enforcement data and NLRB election records |
| Geographic Coverage: | National |
| Study Populations: | Adult Workers |
| Unit(s) of Observation: | Individual, Firms, Employers |
| Topics: | Worker Protection, Labor Standards, Workplace-Related Benefits |
| Research method: | Quasi-Experimental Design |
| Sampling Method: | Longitudinal unique establishment identifiers for NLRB elections were constructed using a fuzzy-matching algorithm. NLRB and OSHA records were linked at the establishment level using fuzzy-matching, yielding a longitudinal database of all NLRB elections and all of their OSHA enforcement data, including reported occupational fatalities. |
- Metadata (csv; .04 MB)
- nlrb_elections_19622009.dta (Stata; 235 MB)
- Number of Variables: 92
- Summary of Variables: See Appendix A of Full Summary
- Number of Observations: 260,407
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