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