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The Law and Labor Strife in the United States, 1881–1894

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  • Currie, Janet
  • Ferrie, Joseph

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This article examines the effect of state-level legal innovations governing labor disputes in the late 1800s. This was a period of legal ferment in which worker organizations and employers actively lobbied state governments for changes in the rules governing labor disputes. Cross-state heterogeneity in the legal environment provides an unusual opportunity to investigate the effects of these laws. We use a unique data set with information on 12,965 strikes to show that most of these law changes had surprisingly little effect on strike incidence or outcomes. Important exceptions were maximum hours laws and the use of injunctions.

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  • Currie, Janet & Ferrie, Joseph, 2000. "The Law and Labor Strife in the United States, 1881–1894," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 60(1), pages 42-66, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:60:y:2000:i:01:p:42-66_02
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    1. Price V. Fishback, 2020. "Rule of Law in Labor Relations, 1898-1940," NBER Working Papers 27614, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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