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BUSINESSES IN MICHIGAN.
LET'S GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY.
WE FRANKLY DO NOT HAVE
ROBUST CONSIST TEN ESTIMATES
OF THIS.
IT IS NOT FOR LACK OF
TRYING.
STUDDED DISON THE IMPACT OF
RIGHT TO WORK LAWS ON JOBS
AND WAGES ABOUND.
STILL THIS IS ONE OF THE
TOUGHER ISSUES TO EVALUATE.
KALAMAZOO'S WE UPJOHN
INSTITUTE FOR EM AM PLOYMENT
RESEARCH AN INDEPENDENT
RESEARCH ORGANIZATION PRIDES
ITSELF ON BASING THE FINDINGS
SOLELY ON THE DATA.
NOW I FIND SOME STUDIES
WITH GOOD METHODOLOGIES THAT
FIND GOOD EFFECT ON JOB
GROWTH.
I FIND THOSE EFFECTS?
A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF
EXAMPLES TO STUDY.
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
INDIANA BECAME THE FIRST
STATE INIAC DID AND THE FIRST
STATE EVER TO PASS RIGHT TO
WORK.
OKLAHOMA MADE THE SWITCH IN
201 AND IDAHO IN 1985 BEFORE
THAT, IT HAD BEEN SEVERAL
DECADES SINCE THE OTHER 20
RIGHT TO WORK STATES BEGAN
INIACKING THEIR LAWS IN IN
THE 4Os.
THE ONLY REAL VARIATION
HAS BEEN IDAHO AND OKLAHOMA
THAT.
A STUDY OUT OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS
VEGAS FOUND THAT
MANUFACTURING DID GROW IN
IDAHO AFTER RIGHT TO WORK
PASSED BUT NOT IN OKLAHOMA.
A STUDY FROM CORNELL
UNIVERSITY CONCLUDED THAT
NONUNION WAGES WENT DOWN IN
IDAHO AFTER RIGHT TO WORK BUT
THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT
NEGATIVE EFFECT IN OKLAHOMA.
ALTHOUGH THE AUTHOR ONLY HAD
ONE YEAR OF DATA FROM
OKLAHOMA.
IN INDIANA THE MOST RECENT
EXAMPLE.
90 COMPANIES SAY RIGHT TO
WORK WILL FACTOR INTO THEIR
DECISION WHETHER TO LOCATE
THERE WITH 31 ALREADY
COMMITTING.
BUT DR. TIM STILL CAUTIONS IT
IS TOO REALLILY TO.
THE TROUBLE WITH THE
RIGHT-TO-WORK LAWS THEY MAY
RAISE JOB GROWTH IN SOME
COMPANIES BUT MAY ALSO REDUCE