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Accounting for Strikes: Evidence from UK Manufacturing in the 1980s

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The decrease in the number of strikes in the UK during the 1980s has revived the discussion on the explanatory factors of strike frequency. This paper investigates explanations for the time variation of strike frequency in different industries of British manufacturing. The framework used is that of the joint cost model of strikes; strike frequency is inversely related to strike costs. The results from a panel of 90 manufacturing industries for the period 1983–88 show some support for the hypothesis that strikes decreased because they became more expensive. In the main, we find that factors that affect both employers and employees (such as revenue, inventories) are significant in explaining variations in strike frequency. Factors that affect only employees, however, such as the unemployment rate, are not.

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  • Daphne Nicolitsas, 2000. "Accounting for Strikes: Evidence from UK Manufacturing in the 1980s," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 14(3), pages 417-440, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:labour:v:14:y:2000:i:3:p:417-440
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00140
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    1. Archontis L. Pantsios & Solomon W. Polachek, 2017. "How Asymmetrically Increasing Joint Strike Costs Need Not Lead to Fewer Strikes," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 45(2), pages 149-161, June.

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