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Who passes restrictive labour policy? A view from the States

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  • Bucci, Laura C.
  • Jansa, Joshua M.

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What leads states to adopt more restrictive labour policies? The conventional wisdom is that unified Republican states, with help from conservative political networks, are more likely to adopt restrictions on labour unions. We argue that party control of government matters but is constrained by voter preferences and the power of organised labour. We create new estimates of state-level public support for unions by income thirds using dynamic multilevel regression and poststratification. Using this measure, we predict the adoption of restrictive labour policies, such as right-to-work and minimum wage preemption laws. We find that Republican governments are less likely to adopt restrictive policies when unions are strong and when union support among middle- and low-income earners is high. Interestingly, these results run contrary to much of the literature on the unequal representation of the wealthy in public policy.

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  • Bucci, Laura C. & Jansa, Joshua M., 2021. "Who passes restrictive labour policy? A view from the States," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 41(3), pages 409-439, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:41:y:2021:i:3:p:409-439_1
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    1. Melton-Fant, Courtnee, 2023. "Corporate influenced state preemption and health: A legal mapping analysis of workers’ rights preemption bills in the US south," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 336(C).
    2. Laura C Bucci, 2023. "The Role of Federalism and the Centrality of State Governments for Labor Unions, Employment, and Organizing," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 53(3), pages 462-483.
    3. Christopher B Goodman & Megan E Hatch, 2023. "State preemption and affordable housing policy," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 60(6), pages 1048-1065, May.

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