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Part $1$

Do union workers earn higher or lower wages than nonunion$$ workers? Explain briefly.

Part $2$

A$.$

Union members earn more than nonunion members because unionization is higher in the United States than in most industrial countries.

B$.$

Union members earn more than nonunion members at least partially because union members work in industries where

marginal revenue products of labormarginal$$revenue$$products$$of$$labor

are relatively high regardless of unions.

Your answer is correct.

C$.$

Union members earn more than nonunion members largely because unions bargain with employers for higher$$ wages, at least partially with the threat of calling a strike.

D$.$

Union members earn about the same amount as nonunion members at least partially because the share of national income received by workers has remained roughly constant.

E$.$

Union members earn

lessless

than nonunion members because unions

decreasedecrease

employment.

Part $3$

Economists have estimated that being in a union increases a$$ worker's wages about

$2020$

$$percent$,$ holding constant other factors. $($Enter your response as an$$ integer.$)$