Coding Scheme for State and
Function Variables
NBER
Public Sector Collective Bargaining Law Data Set
The following is the coding scheme for the state and
function (employee group) variables used to identify observations in the NBER
Public Sector Collective Bargaining Law Data Set. Coding schemes for the law variables are displayed in R.G.
Valletta and R.B. Freeman, "The NBER Public Sector Collective Bargaining
Law Data Set," Tables 1A-1E on pages 400-403 (appendix B in Richard B.
Freeman and Casey Ichniowski, editors, When
Public Employees Unionize, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 1988.)
Function (Employee Group)
1 - State employees
2 - Local police
3 - Local firefighters
4 - Teachers (non-college)
5 - Other local employees
State (alphabetical order;
excludes District of Columbia)
1 - Alabama 26
- Montana
2 - Alaska 27
- Nebraska
3 - Arizona 28
- Nevada
4 - Arkansas 29
- New Hampshire
5 - California 30
- New Jersey
6 - Colorado 31
- New Mexico
7 - Connecticut 32
- New York
8 - Delaware 33
- North Carolina
9 - Florida 34
- North Dakota
10 - Georgia 35
- Ohio
11 - Hawaii 36
- Oklahoma
12 - Idaho 37
- Oregon
13 - Illinois 38
- Pennsylvania
14 - Indiana 39
- Rhode Island
15 - Iowa 40
- South Carolina
16 - Kansas 41
- South Dakota
17 - Kentucky 42
- Tennessee
18 - Louisiana 43
- Texas
19 - Maine 44
- Utah
20 - Maryland 45
- Vermont
21 - Massachusetts 46
- Virginia
22 - Michigan 47
- Washington
23 - Minnesota 48
- West Virginia
24 - Mississippi 49
- Wisconsin
25 - Missouri 50
- Wyoming