Answer to Question #99574 in Macroeconomics for annie

Question

In TRNC part of the academic workers are unionized while others are not. Assume as unionization rate in TRNC has gone up, and at the same time the wage of the non-unionized academic workers also went up. How may these two trends be related?

Answer 1

If unionization rate in TRNC has gone up, and at the same time the wage of the non-unionized academic workers also went up, then the trends may be related, if the demand for non-unionized workers increases as a result of increased minimal possible wages for union workers.